Browsing by Author "Bexelius, Beatrice"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Adults’ use of role models: Relations with general self-efficacy and satisfaction with life
    (2022-08-03) Bexelius, Beatrice; University of Gothenburg/ Department of Psychology; Göteborgs universitet/Psykologiska institutionen
    A lot is known about role model influence and how it affects children’s attitudes in important life decisions. Yet the same field is virtually unexplored regarding adults. This study conducted multiple regression analyses on a sample of adults (N = 219) to examine if role model influence within two areas in life, studies/work and love/family, would significantly predict general self-efficacy and satisfaction with life. The study also examined adults’ need for authority in a role model as well as whether a samesex or non-same-sex figure would be the most influential role model type. Results confirmed that role model influence within studies/work was significantly associated with general self-efficacy and satisfaction with life. It also showed that role model influence within love/family was significantly associated with satisfaction with life. Furthermore, adults preferred same-sex role models as well as role models on an equal authoritarian level. The conclusions were that adults, similar to children, used role models and that this influence was significantly connected to positive psychological mechanisms as hypothesized.
  • No Thumbnail Available
    Item
    Bluffsyndromet som får dig att fatta sämre beslut på jobbet
    (2019-10-18) Bexelius, Beatrice; University of Gothenburg/Department of Psychology; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för psykologi
    Bluffsyndromet (eng. Imposter phenomenon) uppstår oftast hos högpresterande individer och innebär att man har svårt att se att man är så bra som andra tror att man är. I en enkätstudie (N = 176) undersöktes hur bluffsyndromet förhöll sig till affektiva processer i samband med beslutsfattande bland ledare och specialister. Resultatet bekräftade tidigare forskning som rapporterat samband mellan bluffsyndromet och negativa affekter men fann inte att fenomenet var vanligare hos kvinnor än hos män vilket rapporterats i flera tidigare studier. Studien fann också att majoriteten av deltagarna upplevde bluffkänslor i sitt dagliga arbete och att fenomenet tillsammans med kön kunde förklara en betydande del av de negativa affekter som uppstod i samband med beslutsfattande. Slutsatsen var att bluffkänslor är mycket vanligt bland ledare och specialister och att rollens karaktär förklarar mer än kön när det gäller känslan av att vara en bluff.