Publications [#271451] of Tanya L. Chartrand

Journal Articles

1. van Baaren, RB; Maddux, WW; Chartrand, TL; de Bouter, C; van Knippenberg, A (2003). It takes two to mimic: behavioral consequences of self-construals.. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(5), 1093-1102. [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/06/16)

   Abstract:
   The present studies demonstrated the moderation of self-construal orientation on mimicry. Recent research has indicated that an interdependent self-construal is associated with assimilation of the other to the self whereas an independent self-construal is associated with minimizing the influence of others on the self (H. R. Markus & S. Kitayama, 1991; D. Stapel & W. Koomen, 2001). Therefore, the authors hypothesized that an interdependent self-construal would be associated with more mimicry than an independent self-construal. When self-construal orientations were experimentally primed, as in Studies 1 and 2, independent self-construals produced less nonconscious mimicry than interdependent self-construals. When self-construals were examined as cultural differences with either a chronically dominant independent (Americans) or interdependent (Japanese) construal of the self, these results were replicated.