How many likes did I get?: Purpose moderates links between positive social media feedback and self-esteem
How many likes did I get?: Purpose moderates links between positive social media feedback and self-esteem
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jesp.2016.09.005
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Rainone, Nicolette
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作者：
Burrow, Anthony L.;Rainone, Nicolette
社会测量理论认为，自尊是根据一个人感知到的关系价值进行校准的。因此，积极的反馈应该会增强自尊，因为它标志着他人的接受。然而，自尊对积极反馈的敏感程度可能取决于个人的使命感。在两项研究 (N = 342) 中，我们测试了生活目标作为自我导向和亲社会动机的来源，并预测拥有更大的目标会降低对社交媒体反馈的敏感度。研究 1 显示，个人 Facebook 个人资料图片获得的点赞数量与自尊呈正相关。研究 2 通过操纵发布到模拟 Facebook 网站的自拍照获得的点赞数量，通过实验重复了这些发现。在这两项研究中，对于那些有更大目标的人来说，喜欢和自尊之间的联系都减弱了。讨论了作为积极社会反馈的自尊意外事件的调节者的目的的含义。 (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Sociometer theory asserts that self-esteem is calibrated to one's perceived relational value. Accordingly, positive feedback should boost self-esteem because it signals acceptance by others. Yet, the extent to which self-esteem is sensitive to positive feedback may depend on individuals' sense of purpose. In two studies (N = 342), we tested purpose in life as a source of self-directed and prosocial motivation and predicted that having greater purpose would lessen sensitivity to social media feedback. Study 1 revealed that the number of likes individuals received on their Facebook profile pictures was positively associated with self-esteem. Study 2 replicated these findings experimentally by manipulating the number of likes individuals received on self-photographs posted to a mock Facebook site. In both studies, links between likes and self-esteem were diminished for those with greater purpose. Implications for purpose as a moderator of the self-esteem contingencies of positive social feedback are discussed. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.