(Don’t) tell me more about myself: Willful ignorance of self-related feedback

IF 6.9 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Current Opinion in Psychology Pub Date : 2025-06-13 DOI:10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102071

Matthias Burghart, Alicia Seidl, Nicole Casali, Tatiana Khalaf, Isabel Thielmann

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Abstract

Individuals are highly motivated to maintain a positive self-concept, which can create a dilemma when they are presented with opportunities to receive self-related feedback, such as learning how others perceive them. Although such feedback may offer valuable self-insight, it also risks threatening one’s self-concept. As a result, people may engage in willful ignorance by deliberately avoiding this information. In this review, we explore willful ignorance in the context of self-related feedback, arguing that while such avoidance can protect individuals from discomfort, it can also impede self-knowledge. We identify key motivational, personal, and situational factors that influence the tendency to avoid self-related feedback. Finally, we outline directions for future research and offer examples for experimental designs.

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（不要）告诉我更多关于我自己的事情：故意忽视与自我相关的反馈

个体有很高的动机去保持积极的自我概念，当他们有机会获得与自我相关的反馈时，比如了解别人如何看待他们，这会让他们陷入两难境地。虽然这样的反馈可能会提供有价值的自我洞察，但它也有可能威胁到一个人的自我概念。因此，人们可能会故意回避这些信息，从而故意无知。在这篇综述中，我们探讨了自我相关反馈背景下的故意无知，认为这种回避可以保护个人免受不适，但也会阻碍自我认识。我们确定了影响避免自我相关反馈倾向的关键动机、个人和情境因素。最后，提出了未来的研究方向和实验设计实例。

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Current Opinion in Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

12.10

自引率

3.40%

发文量

293

审稿时长

53 days

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