The Interactive Roles Of Stability And Level Of Self-Esteem: Research and Theory

Kernis, Michael H.; Waschull, Stefanie B.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(08)60404-9

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“…We further expected that ruminative exploration would primarily accompany unstable, fragile feelings of self-worth over time. Having a poorly developed identity and ruminating over different identity elements might render individuals more vulnerable for specific evaluative information, thereby enhancing unstable feelings of self-esteem (Kernis & Waschull, 1995). In support of this hypothesis, previous research documented associations between unstable self-esteem and feelings of incompetence, suboptimal coping strategies, and depressive attribution styles (Kernis, 2005).…”

Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 85%

Personal identity processes and self-esteem: Temporal sequences in high school and college students

Luyckx

Klimstra

Duriez

et al. 2013

Journal of Research in Personality

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Section: Studymentioning

confidence: 85%

Personal identity processes and self-esteem: Temporal sequences in high school and college students

Luyckx

Klimstra

Duriez

et al. 2013

Journal of Research in Personality

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“…There was an association between proportion of negative attributes and self-esteem instability such that people who used more negative attributes were more unstable, β = .15, p < .05 (cf. Kernis & Waschull, 1995). There also was an association between sample and selfesteem instability, such that Sample A reported higher levels of instability than Sample B, β = -.18, p < .01.…”

Section: Aggregate Instability Analysismentioning

confidence: 87%

Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization

Zeigler‐Hill

Showers

2007

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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The present studies examined the association between self-concept structure and stability of self-esteem. In two daily diary studies, evaluative integration (organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into the same self-aspects) was associated with more stable self-esteem than evaluative compartmentalization (organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into separate self-aspects) among individuals with generally high self-esteem. Moreover, analyses of self-esteem reactivity confirmed that the sensitivity of state self-esteem to daily events was greater for compartmentalized individuals than for individuals with relatively integrative self-concept structures. Compartmentalization also was associated with greater sensitivity to experiences of social rejection in the laboratory, consistent with the view that integration affords greater stability of self-evaluations. These results suggest that some of the benefits believed to be associated with compartmentalization (such as high self-esteem) may have hidden costs that have not previously been considered.

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“…A dominant theme in psychological theory is that people are motivated to maintain high levels of self-esteem (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001;Fein & Spencer, 1997;Horney, 1937;James, 1890;Kernis & Waschull, 1995;Sullivan, 1953;Tesser, 1988). Researchers even go as far as to say that Americans are preoccupied with the pursuit of self-esteem (Crocker & Park, 2004).…”

Section: Self-esteemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

Wike¹,

Vosvick²

2012

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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Sexual and gender minorities are subjected to discrimination and stigmatization which increase vulnerability to psychological co-morbidities (Mays & Cochran, 2001). The mechanisms through which discrimination contributes to distress in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (lgbt) communities can be partially elucidated through the minority stress model. The minority stress model argues that minorities are subjected to negative societal attitudes and discrimination that results in excessive psychosocial stress related to their minority position, which is distinct from daily stress. Meyer's minority stress model is supported by social stress theoriesand data linking discrimination to stress in lgb samples. Researchers suggest that selfesteem buffers the negative effects of adverse experiences but tests of the moderating effect of self-esteem on the discrimination-distress relationship in ethnic and gender minorities yielded mixed results. Szymanski found that self-esteem moderates the relationship between discrimination and psychological distress in a male sexual minority sample, but this has never been tested in a gender-balanced sexual minority sample. We hypothesized that higher levels of self-esteem are associated with lower overall perceived stress in lgbt adults, and that selfesteem acts differentially in lgbt populations to moderate perceived discrimination. We found that discrimination, self-esteem and the interaction effect between discrimination and selfesteem accounted for 53 percent of the total variance in perceived stress scores, ∆R2 = .38; adj. R2 = .53, F(12, 133) = 14.47, p < .001.When we tested whether self-esteem moderated the relationship between discrimination and stress, discrimination was positively related to stress, β = .13, t(144) = 2.14, p < .05, and self-esteem was negatively related to stress, β = -.63, t(144) = -10.26, p < .001. The interaction between self-esteem and discrimination positively correlated with stress, β = .14, t(144) = 2.29, p < .05. Our findings suggest that self-esteem may alleviate the impact of discrimination on perceived stress, which has important implications for interventions designed to reduce stress in lgbt communities.

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The Interactive Roles Of Stability And Level Of Self-Esteem: Research and Theory

Cited by 149 publications

References 64 publications

Personal identity processes and self-esteem: Temporal sequences in high school and college students

Personal identity processes and self-esteem: Temporal sequences in high school and college students

Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization

Discrimination and Perceived Stress in Sexual and Gender Minorities: Self-Esteem As a Moderating Factor

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