Doctoral Dissertation Research in DRMS: Examining the Role of Fragile Self-esteem in Judgmental Biases and Risky Decision-Making

个人有时会表现出判断偏差，导致过度冒险和次优绩效结果。最近的研究表明，对保持积极自我观的自我主义担忧会引发判断偏见和随后的危险行为，从而破坏绩效结果。 这项拟议中的研究将考察这些偏见和危险行为是否更多地发生在脆弱（而不是安全）的高自尊人群中，特别是在自我威胁之后。脆弱的高自尊包括有利的，但肤浅的，自我价值感是不稳定的（即，经历实质性的短期波动），偶然的（即，取决于满足特定的结果或标准），或与不一致的低内隐（即，（主要是无意识的）自尊。 相比之下，安全的高自尊涉及真正的和锚定良好的积极的自我价值感，相对稳定，而不是偶然的，并与一致的高内隐自尊配对。提出了两项研究。研究1考察了脆弱与安全的高自尊在过度自信和冒险行为中的作用。研究2探讨了脆弱与安全的高自尊在风险决策中的作用，作为短视的奖励的功能。

Individuals sometimes exhibit judgmental biases that result in excessive risk-taking and suboptimal performance outcomes. Recent research has demonstrated that egotistic concerns about maintaining positive self-views can instigate judgmental biases and subsequent risky behaviors that undermine performance outcomes. The proposed research examines whether these biases and risky behavior occur more among people with fragile (as opposed to secure) high self-esteem, especially following ego-threats. Fragile high self-esteem involves favorable, but shallow, feelings of self-worth that are unstable (i.e., experience substantial short-term fluctuations), contingent (i.e., dependent upon meeting specific outcomes or standards), or paired with discordant low implicit (i.e., largely non-conscious) self-esteem. In contrast, secure high self-esteem involves genuine and well-anchored positive feelings of self-worth that are relatively stable, not contingent, and paired with congruent high implicit self-esteem. Two studies are proposed. Study 1 examines the role of fragile versus secure high self-esteem in overconfidence and risk-taking behaviors. Study 2 examines the role of fragile versus secure high self-esteem in risky decision-making as a function of myopic focus on reward.