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- Title
Responsive Low Self-Esteem: Low Explicit Self-Esteem, Implicit Self-Esteem, and Reactions to Performance Outcomes.
- Authors
Jordan, Christian H.; Logel, Christine; Spencer, Steven J.; Zanna, Mark P.; Wood, Joanne V.; Holmes, John G.
- Abstract
Whereas some research has found that low self-esteem individuals (LSEs) with high implicit self-esteem fare better psychologically than those with low implicit self-esteem, other research has found they fare worse. In an attempt to integrate and extend this work, we propose that the well-being of LSEs with high implicit self-esteem is responsive to outcomes in important domains; they are more debilitated than LSEs with low implicit self-esteem by negative outcomes but benefit more from positive outcomes. In Study 1, LSEs with high implicit self-esteem had higher state self-esteem than those with low implicit self-esteem after positive feedback. In Study 2, LSEs with high implicit self-esteem had higher well-being (higher trait self-esteem and less severe depressive symptoms) than LSEs with low implicit self-esteem two weeks after receiving high grades, but lower well-being after receiving low grades. Thus, individuals with discrepant low self-esteem might be aptly characterized as having responsive self-esteem.
- Subjects
SELF-esteem; OUTCOME assessment (Social services); WELL-being; SUBLIMINAL perception; PSYCHOLOGICAL feedback; MENTAL depression
- Publication
Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 7, p703
- ISSN
0736-7236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/jscp.2013.32.7.703