Contingencies of Self-Worth: Implications for Self-Regulation and Psychological Vulnerability

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crocker
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Psychological Vulnerability

Contingencies of Self-Worth

2005 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 200-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crocker ◽  
Katherine M. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Psychological Vulnerability ◽  
Mental And Physical Health ◽  
Learning Relationships

We argue that the importance of self-esteem lies in what people believe they need to be or do to have worth as a person. These contingencies of self-worth are both sources of motivation and areas of psychological vulnerability. In domains of contingent self-worth, people pursue self-esteem by attempting to validate their abilities and qualities. This pursuit of self-esteem, we argue, has costs to learning, relationships, autonomy, self-regulation, and mental and physical health. We suggest alternatives to this costly pursuit of self-esteem.

Self-Concept, Self-Regulation, and Psychological Vulnerability

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn C. Morf ◽  
Walter Mischel
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Psychological Vulnerability

Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) for Reducing Stress and Increasing Self-Esteem: A Self-Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Josette Marie Steel ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Period ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Energy Psychology ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Self Worth

Abstract: While there is a great deal of research into various Energy Psychology (EP) methods, the subjective experience of the client has not yet been investigated. In this self-study, the Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) Protocol for Stressful Events was used for 10 sessions over a period of 3 weeks to explore whether TAT would be an effective tool for managing stress and increasing feelings of self-worth. The Sorensen Self-Esteem Test was used as a baseline self-esteem pre and post test to measure self-worth and positive and negative emotional states. A list of 10 free association words was collected before and after each treatment session and at the end of the treatment period. Quantitative analysis showed an increase in overall sense of self-worth and an increase in positive states. Negative and positive states varied throughout the treatment period while self-worth increased, suggesting that TAT enabled increased emotional self-regulation when dealing with stressful situations. Scores on the Sorensen Self-Esteem Test improved by 28% on follow-up. A qualitative analysis of the free association words suggests an increase in feelings of balance and calm and a decrease in negative self-image. Keywords: TAT, Tapas Acupressure Technique, energy psychology, protocol for stressful events, self-esteem, Sorensen Self-Esteem Test, stress management, stress reduction

The Pursuit of Self-Esteem: Contingencies of Self-Worth and Self-Regulation

2006 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1749-1772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Crocker ◽  
Amara T. Brook ◽  
Yu Niiya ◽  
Mark Villacorta
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Worth

scholarly journals MORAL CLEANSING AND MORAL LICENSES: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Brañas-Garza ◽  
Marisa Bucheli ◽  
María Paz Espinosa ◽  
Teresa García-Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Regular Pattern ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Optimal Sequence ◽  
Moral Licensing ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Moral Behaviour ◽  
Licensing Effects ◽  
Over Time

Research on moral cleansing and moral self-licensing has introduced dynamic considerations in the theory of moral behaviour. Past bad actions trigger negative feelings that make people more likely to engage in future moral behaviour to offset them. Symmetrically, past good deeds favour a positive self-perception that creates licensing effects, leading people to engage in behaviour that is less likely to be moral. In short, a deviation from a ‘normal state of being’ is balanced with a subsequent action that compensates the prior behaviour. We model the decision of an individual trying to reach the optimal level of moral self-worth over time and show that under certain conditions the optimal sequence of actions follows a regular pattern which combines good and bad actions. To explore this phenomenon we conduct an economic experiment where subjects play a sequence of giving decisions (dictator games). We find that donations in the previous period affect present decisions and the sign is negative: participants' behaviour in every round is negatively correlated to what they did in the past. Hence donations over time seem to be the result of a regular pattern of self-regulation: moral licensing (being selfish after altruistic) and cleansing (altruistic after selfish).

Gifted boys’ perceptions of their academic underachievement

2021 ◽  
pp. 026142942110502
Author(s):  
Ophelie Desmet ◽  
Nielsen Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Peer Relations ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Family Transitions ◽  
Academic Underachievement ◽  
Academic Challenge ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Maladaptive Beliefs

We examined how six gifted boys perceived the onset and development of their academic underachievement and what they identified as contributing aspects. Across the six boys’ experiences, a similar pattern of onset and development of academic underachievement emerged. The boys discussed a lack of academic challenge, investment in hobbies, issues with time management and self-regulation, family transitions, and peer relations as contributing to their academic underachievement. These aspects influenced the boys’ value beliefs (e.g., not caring about grades) or maladaptive beliefs about themselves (e.g., lower self-worth), which contributed to disengagement and underachievement according to students.

Varieties of the Self From Self-Esteem to Self-Control

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Pettit
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Control ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Keynesian Model ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Individual

Various self-concepts constitute major keywords in both psychological science and liberal political discourse. They have been central to psychology’s public-facing, policy-oriented role in the United States, dating back to the mid-19th century. Psychologists’ articulations of self-concept include an understanding of the individual, society, and the interventions needed to augment them both. Psychologists’ early enthusiasm for self-esteem has given way to competing concepts of the individual, namely self-regulation and self-control. Self-esteem in a modern sense coalesced out of the deprivation of the Great Depression and the political crises it provoked. The fate of self-esteem became tied to the capacities of the liberal welfare state to improve the psychic capacities of its citizens, in order to render them both more equal under the law and more productive in their daily existence. Western democracies, especially the United States, hit peak self-esteem in early 1990s. Since then, psychologists lost faith in the capacity of giving away self-worth to improve society. Instead, psychologists in the 21st century preached a neo-Victorian gospel of self-reliance. At the very historical juncture when social mobility became more difficult, when inherited social inequality became more entrenched, psychologists abandoned their Keynesian model of human capital and embraced its neoliberal counterpart.

scholarly journals Women Bound to Be Active: Differences in Long-Term Physical Activity Between Completers and Noncompleters of a Book Club Intervention

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 368-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Huberty ◽  
Diane Ehlers ◽  
Jason Coleman ◽  
Yong Gao ◽  
Steriani Elavsky
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Book Club ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

Background:Ideal approaches to increasing long-term physical activity (PA) adherence in women remain unclear. This study used a longitudinal mixed-methods approach to 1) determine the effectiveness of an 8-month book club intervention for increasing PA participation and self-worth, and reducing barriers at 1-year follow-up; and 2) identify reasons why completers and noncompleters did or did not maintain PA.Methods:One year after the cessation of Women Bound to be Active (WBA), completers (participated in posttesting; n = 30) and noncompleters (did not participate in posttesting; n = 22) responded to questionnaires and interviews assessing their body mass index (BMI), current PA participation, barriers, and global self-worth.Results:Compared with noncompleters, completers reported decreases in BMI, higher motivation for PA, higher ratio of benefits to barriers, and more consistent PA. Both groups still reported barriers to PA, especially time; however, completers more often reported strategies for overcoming these barriers. Completers more directly discussed the impact of their improved self-worth on their PA participation.Conclusions:In the future, a greater focus on time management and self-regulation strategies should be emphasized in PA interventions, specifically those that focus on women. This may help to prevent program and long-term PA attrition.

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