Self-esteem depends on the beholder: Effects of a subtle social value cue

被引：27

作者：

Weisbuch, Max ^{[1
]}

Sinclair, Stacey A. ^{[2
]}

Skorinko, Jeanine L. ^{[3
]}

Eccleston, Collette P. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Tufts Univ, Dept Psychol, Medford, MA 02155 USA

[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Psychol, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA

[3] Worcester Polytech Inst, Dept Social Sci & Policy Studies, Worcester, MA 01604 USA

[4] Syracuse Univ, Dept Psychol, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2009年 / 45卷 / 01期

关键词：

Self-esteem; Sociometer; Priming; Social tuning; RACIAL-ATTITUDES; BODY-IMAGE; PERSONALITY; PEOPLE; SOCIOMETER; COGNITION; SYSTEM; BIAS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jesp.2008.07.021

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

The idea that self-esteem functions as a gauge or "sociometer" of social value [Leary, M. R., Baumeister, R. F. (2000). The nature and function of self-esteem: Sociometer theory. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 32, pp. 1-62). San Diego: Academic Press] is supported by research on direct social feedback. To examine if the sociometer model is relevant to more subtle social value Cues, the implicit self-esteem of women was assessed a week after an interaction with an experimenter. Consistent with the sociometer model, Week 2 self-esteem depended on a subtle social value cue encountered during Week 1. When the Week 1 experimenter wore a t-shirt celebrating larger bodies (i.e., "everyBODY is beautiful"), heavier women had higher self-esteem than lighter women in Week 2. As hypothesized, this effect was relationship-specific, Occurring only when the same experimenter administered Week 1 and 2 sessions. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：143 / 148

页数：6

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