People vary in how much they define themselves through others.

Evidence

Research examining self-construal assumes that people can vary in the extent to which they identify themselves in relation to other people (for a review, see Cross, Hardin, & Gercek-Swing, 2011). — Brandon Randolph-Seng, Darcy A. Reich, and Kenneth G. DeMarree, On the Nonconscious Antecedents of…, 13

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the independent vs. interdependent self-construal distinction, the framework under test.
• XREF: connects to: People differ in how they integrate their multiple group memberships into self-identity. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 514; Humans balance opposing needs for belonging and uniqueness through group identification. — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or…, 96; Societies differ in whether they treat individuals or groups as the basic social unit. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 1024

Broader Connections

• People differ in how they integrate their multiple group memberships into self-identity. #expands (0.85) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 514
• Humans balance opposing needs for belonging and uniqueness through group identification. #expands (0.78) — Anna X. Huang, Jacqueline M. Chen, and Juliane Degner, Being One or the Other, Both or Neither, 96