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symbolic self-completion: a standalone construct

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Consumer research

the tendency of people who feel incomplete in a valued identity to acquire and display symbols of that identity to signal completeness.

In consumer research, symbolic self-completion refers to the tendency of people who feel incomplete in a valued identity to acquire and display symbols of that identity to signal completeness. This meaning comes from Wicklund (1981) in Basic and Applied Social Psychology.[1]

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completeness3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs display2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Wicklund, R. A., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (1981). Symbolic Self-Completion, Attempted Influence, and Self-Deprecation. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2(2), 89-114. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15324834basp0202_2

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