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- People often experience anxiety while waiting for feedback on important life outcomes, with individual reactions varying significantly.
- Self-construal abstractness (SCA), which is a broader self-concept based on general notions rather than specific details, may help reduce this anxiety in uncertain situations.
- Research shows that higher levels of SCA can effectively buffer against anxiety during moments of high self-relevance and immediate feedback, suggesting it could be a useful tool for anxiety-reduction strategies.
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People inevitably face moments of uncertainty as they await feedback regarding self-relevant life outcomes, but they react to this uncertainty with varying amounts of anxiety. Self-construal abstractness (SCA) may be one key predictor of anxiety in the face of uncertain outcomes. SCA refers to a broad self-concept based on generalizations rather than a detailed, low-level self-concept that is based on specific behaviors or events. The current studies examined SCA and anxiety over self-relevant uncertainty. Studies 1 and 2 measured naturally occurring levels of SCA and found that reflecting on an abstract self-construal buffered people from anxiety when upcoming evaluative feedback was highly self-relevant (Study 1) and immediate (Study 2). Study 3 revealed that SCA is equally effective as a buffer against anxiety when manipulated with a subtle prime. The potential for SCA to serve as the target for anxiety-reduction interventions in uncertain situations is discussed.
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