In preparation
Daily Fluctuations in Self-Concept Clarity as a Predictor of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Identity as a daily process
A person can have a generally stable identity and still experience meaningful day-to-day shifts in self-understanding.
This project separates stable differences between people from changes occurring within the same person. Its central methodological problem is temporal ordering: whether daily variation in self-concept clarity precedes clinically important variation rather than merely accompanying it.
Capturing temporal ordering
Repeated assessment turns sequence into part of the hypothesis.
LevelWithin-person daily process
DataRepeated daily assessments
ConstructSelf-concept clarity
Temporal focusOrdering and short-term change
Move from trait to day
A person’s average level and a person’s changing days answer different questions.
Between-person comparisons describe who tends to report more or less clarity on average.
What a day-level design can ask
The timing of change matters as much as the average level.
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How much does self-concept clarity vary within a person?
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Does the timing of that variation matter?
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What is missed when daily processes are reduced to a single trait score?