Abstract
High self-esteem (HSE) is increasingly recognized as heterogeneous. By measuring subtypes of HSE, the present research reevaluates the finding that HSE individuals show poor self-regulation following ego threat (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1993). In Experiment 1, participants with HSE showed poor self-regulation after ego threat only if they also were defensive (high in self-presentation bias). In Experiment 2, two measures - self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem - were used to subtype HSE individuals as defensive. Both operationalizations of defensive HSE predicted poor self-regulation after ego threat. The results indicate that (a) only defensive HSE individuals are prone to self-regulation failure following ego threat and (b) measures of self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem can both be used to detect defensiveness.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1177-1187 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Personality and social psychology bulletin |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2006 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright:Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Defensiveness
- Ego threat
- Implicit self-esteem
- Self-esteem
- Self-regulation