The Effects of Social Status and Self-Esteem on Imitation and Choice of a Popular Peer

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa A.M. Lansu ◽  
Antonius H.N. Cillessen ◽  
Johan C. Karremans
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Partner Choice ◽  
Peer Status ◽  
And Task

This study addressed the role of influencer and influencee peer status in social influence of status-unrelated behaviours among emerging adults, while disentangling two forms of peer status, being liked (preference) and being powerful (popularity). Peer influence was examined in 67 women (M age = 20.5 years, SD = 2.1 years) using an experimental design. Popularity of the influencers and influencees (participants), as well as influencees’ preference and self-esteem were considered. Peer influence was measured through imitation of status-unrelated behaviours and task partner choice. In both tasks, influencees moved away from, rather than towards, a popular peer. Popular young women with low self-esteem were most likely to imitate a popular peer. Unpreferred young women with high self-esteem were least likely to imitate a popular peer. The findings demonstrate that the role of peer status in social influence processes is not limited to adolescence, and that the peer status of influencers and the influencees continues to affect social influence on status-unrelated behaviour in emerging adulthood.

scholarly journals The effects of organizational based self esteem and task specific self esteem on employee commitment

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-296
Author(s):  
SeungGeun Baeck ◽  
KangHyun Shin ◽  
JungSun Won ◽  
JungYeon Jo ◽  
JongHyun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Spillover Effect ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Similarity Effect ◽  
And Task

The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of two self-esteem (organization-based self-esteem: OBSE; task-specific self-esteem: TSSE) in predicting two types of employee commitment (job involvement, organizational commitment) based on the framework of Lavelle, McMahan and Harris(2009)’s target similarity model. A sample of 746 south korean employees were participated in this study and data were analyzed by MPLUS 6.12. The main results are as follows. First, the indirect effects reflecting target similarity effect were supported, but another indirect effects which reflect spillover effect between two dimensions was not. Second, the result of comparison between target similarity effect and spillover effect, which has same predictor and criterion but different mediator in each dimensions, was significant in organization domain, but not in job domain. Finally, the implications and limitations were discussed.

Secure girls: Class, sexuality, and self-esteem

Sexualities ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 815-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy C Wilkins ◽  
Sarah A Miller
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Sexual Expression ◽  
Sexual Agency ◽  
The Impact

Public discourse is replete with talk about the fragility of young women’s self-esteem, linking poor self-concept to a range of social problems associated with girlhood. We know little about the impact of these ideas on young women. In this article, we examine interviews with 66 girls, aged 14–22, to understand how they talk about the link between self-esteem and sexual expression in everyday life. We find that girls’ talk about self-esteem uses classed meanings that unintentionally reinforce and extend the role of sexuality in girls’ status hierarchies, benefitting those with more class resources, while policing all girls’ abilities to claim sexual agency.

I-E Locus of Control, Selected Edwards Personal Preference Scales and Task Persistence

1975 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Michael Becker
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Task Persistence ◽  
External Scale ◽  
Personal Preference ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule ◽  
Convergent Validation ◽  
And Task

This study assessed scores of the Internal-External scale, and Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) order, endurance, and autonomy scales in relation to subjects' willingness to persist through a two-part experimental design. Convergent validation of the Janis-Hovland self-esteem scale with the EPPS abasement scale was also attempted. Data showed EPPS order, endurance, and autonomy scales differentiated between “persistors” and “nonpersistors” whereas Internal-External scale scores did not. Also Janis-Hovland self-esteem scores correlated significantly and inversely with EPPS abasement scale scores.

Self esteem and social influence: The moderating role of gender

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Mourali ◽  
Michel Laroche ◽  
Frank Pons
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Economic Insecurity and Separation–individuation in Portuguese Emerging Adults

Young ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 366-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luísa Marinho Saraiva ◽  
Tânia Brandão ◽  
Paula Mena Matos
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Economic Insecurity ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Late Modern

Scholars have widely agreed that the transition to adulthood has become destandardized and more extended in time. Although this prolonged transition to adulthood is common in late-modern societies, it is not universal, and the pathways towards adulthood may vary according to contextual factors and personal resources. This study examined the association between perceived economic insecurity and the process of separation–individuation regarding the romantic partner, and explored the mediating role of personal resources (self-esteem, depression). Participants were 387 Portuguese emerging adults (mean age = 22.32 years; SD = 3.47) involved in a romantic relationship, from different economic and cultural backgrounds. Findings revealed that self-esteem and depressive symptoms totally mediated the relationship between economic insecurity and separation–individuation, with higher levels of self-esteem and lower levels of depression being associated with a more successful process of separation–individuation. This study contributes to shed some light on the interaction between developmental processes and social context variables in the transition to adulthood.

scholarly journals Individual Variables Involved in Perceived Pressure for Adolescent Drinking

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes ◽  
María del Mar Molero Jurado ◽  
José Jesús Gázquez Linares ◽  
África Martos Martínez ◽  
Isabel Mercader Rubio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Bayes Factor ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Drinking Behavior ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
Perceived Pressure

Adolescence is a stage when individuals are especially vulnerable to the influence of their peer group, which could lead to the development of problematic behavior, such as drinking alcohol, due to perceived pressure. The objective of this study was to analyze the role of self-esteem, impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity and expectations for use under perceived pressure to drink alcohol among young people. Methods: The sample was made up of 1287 high school students aged 14 to 18, with a mean age of 15.11. The Bayes factor and mediation models were estimated to evaluate the data. Results: The results showed the existence of a positive relationship of impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity and expectations for use with perceived pressure. However, this relationship was negative with self-esteem and perception of pressure to drink alcohol. Furthermore, the model results showed that self-esteem mediates the relationship between physical, cognitive and social anxiety sensitivity and positive expectations with perceived pressure to drink alcohol in adolescence. Conclusions: Given the strong need for affiliation during youth, it is hard to control grouping and peer influence on drinking behavior. However, knowledge of the role of individual variables, such as those described here, in perceived pressure could improve the prevention and intervention of such behaviors.

The Impact of Televised Stereotypes on the State Self-Esteem of Latino/a Emerging Adults: The Moderating Role of Ethnic–Racial Identity

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682092130
Author(s):  
Jessie Shafer ◽  
Rocío Rivadeneyra
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Self ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

We investigated how stereotypical portrayals of Latino/a characters on television influence Latino/a emerging adults’ ( N = 136; ages 18–25) state self-esteem (i.e., social, appearance, and performance) while examining the moderating role of ethnic–racial identity (i.e., centrality). Latino/as from across the United States were randomly sorted into one of two conditions (exposure to stereotypes or not) and completed measures of ethnic–racial identity and state self-esteem. When not exposed to stereotypes, participants with higher ethnic–racial identity had higher social self-esteem. However, when exposed to stereotypes, Latino/a participants with higher ethnic–racial identity had significantly lower social self-esteem. This finding matches previous research on the role of social identity in stereotype threat, which found that those who more strongly identified with a stereotyped group were more negatively impacted by stereotypes of that group. However, in situations without stereotypes present, stronger ethnic–racial identity is connected to well-being.

Does forgiveness alleviate depression after being phubbed for emerging adults? The mediating role of self-esteem

2020 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 106362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaochun Xie ◽  
Xiangyun Tang ◽  
Hannah Rapp ◽  
Dandan Tong ◽  
Pengcheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediating Role
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