Self-perceptions of reactions to doing well or poorly: The roles of stability and level of self-esteem

Kernis, Michael H.; Greenier, Keegan D.; Herlocker, Caryn E.; Whisenhunt, Connie R.; Abend, Teresa A.

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(96)00263-2

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“…As in Deci and Ryan's (1995) conceptualization of contingent high self-esteem, people with unstable high self-esteem are thought to be highly ego-involved in their everyday activities. Elsewhere, we (Greenier et al, 1999;Kernis, Greenier, Herlocker, Whisenhunt, & Abend, 1997) have portrayed this heightened ego-involvement as an "evaluative set" comprised of several interlocking components. First, an attentional component involves "zeroing in" on information or events that have potentially self-evaluative implications.…”

Section: To What Extent Do Current Contextually Based Feelings Of Sementioning

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“…Kernis and colleagues (1989) reported that unstable high self-esteem individuals scored the highest on several well-validated anger and hostility inventories (e.g., the Novaco Anger Inventory; Novaco, 1975); stable high self-esteem individuals scored the lowest; and stable and unstable low self-esteem individuals scored between these two extremes. As evidence of self-aggrandizing tendencies, Kernis et al (1997) found that people with unstable high self-esteem were more likely than those with stable high self-esteem to boast about a success to their friends; after an actual success, those with unstable high self-esteem were more likely to claim that they did so in spite of the operation of performance-inhibiting factors (Kernis et al, 1992).…”

Section: To What Extent Do Current Contextually Based Feelings Of Sementioning

confidence: 99%

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2003

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2003

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“…That is, the solid foundation for their feelings of self-worth protects individuals with stable high self-esteem from the variety of adversities that individuals frequently encounter in their day-to-day lives. In contrast, individuals with unstable high self-esteem are thought to possess positive feelings about the self that are highly vulnerable to challenge which leads these individuals to behave as if their self esteem is constantly at stake (Greenier et al, 1999;Kernis, Brown, & Brody, 2000;Kernis et al, 1993;Kernis, Greenier, Herlocker,Whisenhunt, & Abend, 1997;Waschull & Kernis, 1996).…”

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Personality and Mental Health

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2012

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“…That is, the key issue in this research has been whether individuals' evaluation of themselves are relatively high or low (Greenier et al, 1995;Harter, 1998;Kemis, 1993;Kernis et al, 1993). There is a growing body of literature that has focused on alternative aspects of the self-perception profile, suggesting that the simple dichotomy of high versus low self-evaluations cannot adequately capture the complexity of the role of self-evaluations in psychological processes Kernis et al, 1997). …”

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“…Reactions to positive and negative evaluative events were also found to vary as a function of individuals' level and stability of global self-esteem in a study by Kernis et al (1997). Level and stability of self-esteem were assessed, followed by a measure of how college-aged participants would react to having done well or poorly at any evaluative event.…”

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Intraindividual variability of self-evaluations in the physical domain: Prevalence, consequences, and sources

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Research and theory have highlighted the influence of self-evaluations on achievement behaviors, cognitions, and affective responses. Nevertheless, the focus has primarily been on level of self-evaluations (i.e., high or low). One individual difference factor receiving increasing attention is the degree to which individuals exhibit short-term fluctuations in their self-evalu~tions (i.e., intraindividual variability). Research in developmental and social psychology has shown that intraindividual variability of global self-esteem is related to motivational and affective responses above and beyond level of self-esteem. The goal of this study was to extend the literature on self-evaluations by examining intraindividual variability of global and physical self-evaluations (i.e., global self-worth, physical self-worth, perceived physical competence). Specifically, the study examined: (a) the prevalence of intraindividual variability of global and physical selfevaluations; (b) the independent and combined influence of level and intraindividual variability of self-evaluations on motivation and affect toward physical activity; and, (c) the relationship between social sources of evaluative information and intraindividual variability. Middle school students (N = 167) ranging in age from 12-15 years (M = 13.48 years, SD = .56) completed questionnaires each day that they were in physical education class for 3 weeks (i.e., 6 occasions). Results revealed that the majority of the boys and girls exhibited fluctuations in their self-evaluations over the 3 weeks. Level of self-evaluations was the critical predictor of affect and intrinsic motivation in most analyses; however, stability of self-evaluations did make varying contributions to the prediction of intrinsic motivation and affect, but not effort and persistence. The influence ·of intraindividual variability was particularly salient for adolescents with higher levels of iii global self-worth. Students with higher but relatively less stable global self-worth exhibited lower intrinsic motivation and affect than students with higher but stable global self-evaluations. Nonsignificant relationships were found between intraindividual variability and the importance that students' placed on social sources of evaluative information. Overall, results indicated that intraindividual variability of global and physical self-evaluations should be considered along with level to gain a more complete understanding of adolescents' sport and physical activity experiences.IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Self-perceptions of reactions to doing well or poorly: The roles of stability and level of self-esteem

Cited by 54 publications

References 13 publications

TARGET ARTICLE: Toward a Conceptualization of Optimal Self-Esteem

TARGET ARTICLE: Toward a Conceptualization of Optimal Self-Esteem

Personality and Mental Health

Intraindividual variability of self-evaluations in the physical domain: Prevalence, consequences, and sources

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