Personality Moderators of Reactions to Interpersonal Rejection: Depression and Trait Self-Esteem
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 23 (12), 1235-1244
- https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672972312001
Abstract
Two experiments were conducted to examine the moderating effects of depression and trait self-esteem on reactions to social exclusion. Participants received information indicating that they had been included in or excluded from a laboratory group and that their inclusion or exclusion was based either on the other group members' preferences or on a random procedure. Participants who scored high in depression (Experiment 1) and low in self-esteem (Experiment 2) responded more strongly (and logically) to the experimental manipulations than participants low in depression and high in self-esteem. The results suggested that depression and low self-esteem place people at risk for dysphoria and self-devaluation following interpersonal rejection.Keywords
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