RUI: The Anxiety Buffering Function of Self-esteem and Cultural World Views

大量的研究表明， 需要保持积极的自我形象，自尊 在一系列重要的人类活动中扮演着重要的角色。 行为。 尽管这一协议的重要性，自我- 尊重，为什么人们需要自尊的问题没有 已经解决了。 本研究试图回答三个问题 问题：（1）人为什么需要自尊？(2)怎么样 自尊与其他方面的人的概念， 现实？（3）自尊需要如何影响 社会行为 这项研究将探讨在多大程度上 自尊的功能是缓冲焦虑， 人类对其脆弱性和死亡率的认识。 因为 自尊本质上是一种文化创造， 社会行为的目的是获得 一个人的世界观和自我价值 如果自尊和 文化世界观具有缓冲焦虑的功能，那么： (a)增加一个人的自尊或对世界观的信心 应该使这个人在受到威胁时不那么容易焦虑 （B）提醒人们注意一个主要的来源， 焦虑应该会增加他们对验证自己的需求。 自我价值和世界观。 这项研究将增加我们的 了解为什么自尊如此重要， 对个人有利。

A large body of research suggests that people have a strong need to maintain a positive self-image, and that self-esteem plays an important role in a diverse array of important human behaviors. Despite this agreement on the importance of self- esteeem, the question of why people need self-esteem has not been addressed. This research will attempt to answer three questions: (1) why do people need self-esteem?; (2) how is self-esteem related to other aspects of people's conceptions of reality?; and (3) how does the need for self-esteem affect social behavior. This research will explore to what extent self-esteem functions to buffer the anxiety that results from human awareness of their vulnerability and mortality. Because self-esteem is essentially a cultural creation, a great deal of social behavior is oriented toward acquiring validation of one's worldview and self-worth from others. If self-esteem and cultural worldviews serve an anxiety-buffering function, then: (a) increasing a person's self-esteem or faith in worldview should make that person less prone to anxiety in a threatening situation, and (b) reminding people of a major source of anxiety should increase their need for validation of their self-worth and worldview. This research should increase our understanding of why self-esteem is so important and so beneficial for the individual.