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fandaalHiggins (1999) continues to advance his theory of self-comparison that focuses
on the way people compare who they believe they are with who they ought to
be and who they hope to be. A perceived failure to be who you should be leads
to anxiety, Higgins theorizes, whereas a failure to be who you wish to be leads
to depression. The relative mix of these two discrepancies, within an individual,
appears to affect emotional reactivity, memory retrieval, and even reaction time
(Higgins 1999).
on the way people compare who they believe they are with who they ought to
be and who they hope to be. A perceived failure to be who you should be leads
to anxiety, Higgins theorizes, whereas a failure to be who you wish to be leads
to depression. The relative mix of these two discrepancies, within an individual,
appears to affect emotional reactivity, memory retrieval, and even reaction time
(Higgins 1999).
