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- Title
Would You Drink After a Stranger? The Influence of Self-Presentational Motives on...
- Authors
Martin, Kathleen; Leary, Mark
- Abstract
This experiment examined the influence of self-presentational motives on a potentially unhealthy behavior--drinking from a stranger's water bottle. In a 2 x 2 factorial design, participants' (N = 48) social image-concern (low/high) was manipulated, and half of the participants also received a verbal challenge to drink from the bottle (challenged/not challenged). Participants in the high image-concern condition drank significantly more water (M = 50.8 ml) from the stranger's bottle than did participants in the low image-concern condition (M = 30.1 ml), p < .05. Also, participants who were challenged drank more (M = 53. 7 ml) than those who were not challenged (M = 27. 2 ml), p < .05. Discussion focuses on the utility of a self-presentational approach for understanding health risk behavior.
- Subjects
SELF-perception; DRINKING behavior -- Social aspects
- Publication
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 1999, Vol 25, Issue 9, p1092
- ISSN
0146-1672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/01461672992512003