Calibrating the sociometer: The relationship between interpersonal appraisals and the state self-esteem.
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 74 (5), 1290-1299
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.74.5.1290
Abstract
Four experiments examined the functional relationship between interpersonal appraisal and subjective feelings about oneself. Participants imagined receiving one of several positive or negative reactions from another person (Experiments 1, 2, and 3) or actually received interpersonal evaluations (Experiment 1), then completed measures relevant to state self-esteem. All studies showed that subjective feelings were a curvilinear, ogival function of others' appraisals. Although trait self-esteem correlated with state reactions as a main effect, it did not moderate participants' reactions to interpersonal feedback.Keywords
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