false self
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffalseandself
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false
adjective
uk/fɒls/us/fɑːls/
not real, but made to look or ...
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self
noun
uk/self/us/self/
the set of someone's characteristics, such as personality and ability, that are not physical and make that person different from ...
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(Definition offalseandselffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffalse self
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The leastfalseself-behavior is reported in relationships with close friends (10-15%).
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The salience of this issue has been further documented by our subsequent findings demonstrating that adolescents can readily distinguish true andfalseself-behaviors.
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His redefinition of the closet has an interpretation which views the closet as the place where one'sfalseselfresides.
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Thus, normative processes highlight the salience offalseself-behaviors.
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Conflicts between twofalseself-attributes were negligible (13% and 6%).
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Such distortions may well contribute to the formation offalseself-behavior, if a child accepts the altered version of his/her experience.
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Opposing self-attributes also raise concerns for adolescents about which attributes reflect true versusfalseself-behaviors.
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Falseself-behavior is associated with liabilities including devaluation offalseself-attributes, low self-esteem, and depressive reactions.
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A basic claim of theorists concerned withfalseself-behavior is that lack of authenticity has negative outcomes or correlates.
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Falseselfinvolves "taking in" aspects of the social context without truly accepting them as one's own, or reactively adjusting to external demands.
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Lower levels offalseself-behavior (20-25%) are reported with classmates, teachers, and one's mother.
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These include excessive conflict between attributes in multiple roles, high levels offalseself-behavior, and the devaluation of those characteristics that define one's rolerelated behavior.
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With respect tofalseself-representations, no main or interaction effects were obtained.
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It becomes critical, therefore, to enquire into the causes of individual differences in the level offalseself-behavior that is displayed.
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No group differences emerged for adaptive maternal representation andfalseself-representation change scores.
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The distinction between true andfalseselfbehavior is, however, well understood by seventh graders, and becomes increasingly salient among those in midadolescence and beyond.
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In two recent studies of multiple self-representations across roles, we have asked adolescents to indicate whether each attribute they generate represents true orfalseself-behavior.
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A model of the effects of parent and peer support on adolescentfalseselfbehavior.
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