Title
Relational Self-Construal and its Relationship to Academic Citizenship Behavior
Department
Psychology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2013
Abstract
Despite the abundance of research on personality traits and citizenship behavior, no study has examined the role of relational self-construal, which is a self-definition based on one’s close relationships. We hypothesized that relational self-construal would be positively related to academic citizenship behaviors, and that this association would remain significant while controlling for sex and agreeableness. In the study, 2,222 college undergraduates completed a self-report questionnaire measuring their relational self-construal, sex, personality, and academic citizenship attitudes. The results also confirmed the hypothesis that relational self-construal is positively related to some academic citizenship behaviors while controlling for sex and agreeableness. Specifically, relational self-construal was associated with consideration and civic virtue, but not with other citizenship behaviors.
Journal Title
Psychological Studies
Recommended Citation
Petrella, M. V., & Gore, J. S. (2013). Relational Self-Construal and its Relationship to Academic Citizenship Behavior. Psychol Stud Psychological Studies, 58(2), 115-121. DOI: 10.1007/s12646-013-0182-1