Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events Export

@article{citeulike:559684, abstract = {Construal-level theory proposes that increasing the reported spatial distance of events leads individuals to represent the events by their central, abstract, global features (high-level construal) rather than by their peripheral, concrete, local features (low-level construal). Results of two experiments indicated that participants preferred to identify actions as ends rather than as means to a greater extent when these actions occurred at a spatially distant, as opposed to near, location (Study 1), and that they used more abstract language to recall spatially distant events, compared with near events (Study 2). These findings suggest that spatially distant events are associated with high-level construals, and that spatial distance can be conceptualized as a dimension of psychological distance.}, author = {Fujita, Kentaro and Henderson, Marlone D. and Eng, Juliana and Trope, Yaacov and Liberman, Nira}, citeulike-article-id = {559684}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01698.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01698.x}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/psci/2006/00000017/00000004/art00003}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118597357/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01698.x}, issn = {0956-7976}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {psychology, social, space}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {278--282}, posted-at = {2009-05-18 17:25:05}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01698.x}, volume = {17}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:559684 L3 - citeulike-article-id:559684 N2 - Construal-level theory proposes that increasing the reported spatial distance of events leads individuals to represent the events by their central, abstract, global features (high-level construal) rather than by their peripheral, concrete, local features (low-level construal). Results of two experiments indicated that participants preferred to identify actions as ends rather than as means to a greater extent when these actions occurred at a spatially distant, as opposed to near, location (Study 1), and that they used more abstract language to recall spatially distant events, compared with near events (Study 2). These findings suggest that spatially distant events are associated with high-level construals, and that spatial distance can be conceptualized as a dimension of psychological distance. IS - 4 JF - Psychological Science SN - 0956-7976 EP - 282 TI - Spatial Distance and Mental Construal of Social Events PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 17 SP - 278 KW - psychology KW - social KW - space AU - Fujita, Kentaro AU - Henderson, Marlone AU - Eng, Juliana AU - Trope, Yaacov AU - Liberman, Nira PY - 2006/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01698.x ER -