SELF-ESTEEM AS AN INTERPERSONAL MONITOR - THE SOCIOMETER HYPOTHESIS
SELF-ESTEEM AS AN INTERPERSONAL MONITOR - THE SOCIOMETER HYPOTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.68.3.518
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发表时间:
1995-03-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
DOWNS, DL
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作者:
LEARY, MR;TERDAL, SK;DOWNS, DL
Five studies tested hypotheses derived from the sociometer model of self-esteem according to which the self-esteem system monitors others' reactions and alerts the individual to the possibility of social exclusion. Study 1 showed that the effects of events on participants' state self-esteem paralleled their assumptions about whether such events would lead others to accept or reject them. In Study 2, participants' ratings of how included they felt in a real social situation correlated highly with their self-esteem feelings. In Studies 3 and 4, social exclusion caused decreases in self-esteem when respondents were excluded from a group for personal reasons, but not when exclusion was random, but this effect was not mediated by self-presentation. Study 5 showed that trait self-esteem correlated highly with the degree to which respondents generally felt included versus excluded by other people. Overall, results provided converging evidence for the sociometer model.