Explaining self-esteem differences between Chinese and North Americans: Dialectical self (vs. self-consistency) or lack of positive self-regard

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young-Hoon Kim ◽  
Siqing Peng ◽  
Chi-Yue Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
North Americans ◽  
Dialectical Self ◽  
Self Consistency

scholarly journals Perceptions of Negative Workplace Gossip: A Self-Consistency Theory Framework

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1873-1898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long-Zeng Wu ◽  
Thomas A. Birtch ◽  
Flora F. T. Chiang ◽  
Haina Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affectivity ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Consistency Theory ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Self Consistency ◽  
Theory Framework

We present and test a self-consistency theory framework for gossip: that perceived negative workplace gossip influences our self-perceptions and, in turn, this influences our behaviors. Using supervisor-subordinate dyadic time-lagged data (n = 403), we demonstrated that perceived negative workplace gossip adversely influenced target employees’ organization-based self-esteem, which, in turn, influenced their citizenship behavior directed at the organization and at its members. Moreover, by integrating victimization theory into our framework, we further demonstrated that negative affectivity, an individual’s dispositional tendency, not only moderated the self-consistency process but also predicted perceived negative workplace gossip. Our study therefore shifts attention to the target of negative workplace gossip and in doing so offers a promising new direction for future research. Implications to theory and practice are discussed.

LOW SELF-ESTEEM AND INGROUP BIAS

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher L. Aberson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Ingroup Bias ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Collective Self ◽  
Collective Self Esteem ◽  
Self Consistency

This study examines the effect of collective self-esteem on ingroup bias exhibited through traditional measures (attributions) and alternative strategies (basking in reflected glory). Seventyseven U.S. college students were divided into minimally defined groups, worked together on a series of tasks, received performance feedback, completed the Collective Self-esteem scale (Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992) and then rated similarity to both groups and attributed performances to a variety of causes. It was predicted and found that low self-esteem individuals utilized basking in reflected glory more than individuals with higher self-esteem. Additionally, high self-esteem individuals exhibited greater bias through use of attributional ratings. Results are interpreted as evidence for the mediating role of self-consistency needs on ingroup bias strategies (e.g. Brown, Collins, & Schmidt, 1988).

Defense of Self-Esteem, Defense of Self-Consistency: A New Voice in an Old Controversy

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Grzegolowska-Klarkowska ◽  
Dorota Zolnierczyk
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Consistency

Self-esteem, self-consistency, and second vocational choice.

1973 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell L. Leonard ◽  
W. Bruce Walsh ◽  
Samuel H. Osipow
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Vocational Choice ◽  
Self Consistency

Deciphering Subjective Trajectories for Life Satisfaction Using Self–Versus–Normative Other Discrepancies, Self–Esteem and Hope

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becky L. Choma ◽  
Michael A. Busseri ◽  
Stan W. Sadava
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Latent Growth Curve ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Widespread Belief ◽  
Temporal Trajectory ◽  
Self Consistency ◽  
Over Time

Drawing on temporal and social comparison perspectives, we examined sources of the widespread belief that life gets better and better over time by determining how young adults evaluate their past, present and anticipated future life satisfaction (LS) relative to beliefs about normative others. We assessed whether patterns of subjective LS trajectories based on self–versus–normative other discrepancies varied as a function of self–esteem and whether such patterns were accounted for by hope, encompassing goal–related cognitions and motivations. University participants (n = 394) completed measures of their own and normative others’ past, present and anticipated future LS, as well as self–esteem and hope scales. Results from latent growth curve analyses demonstrated that high–self–esteem and low–self–esteem individuals perceived normative others’ LS as progressing on a similar upward subjective temporal trajectory; however, high–self–esteem individuals perceived self–improvement from past to present LS and self–consistency from present to future LS relative to others. Low–self–esteem individuals perceived self–consistency from past to present LS and self–improvement from present to future LS relative to others. These associations were accounted for by hope. This research highlights the utility of combining temporal and social comparison perspectives for understanding how people envision their LS unfolding over time. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Self-Esteem, Trivialization, and Attitude Change

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Amélie Martinie ◽  
Valérie Fointiat
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Experimental Phase ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Order Of Presentation ◽  
Self Consistency

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between trivialization and self-esteem. Low-self-esteem participants were expected to reduce cognitive dissonance by trivialization. In this experiment, dissonance was aroused by having participants write a counter-attitudinal essay. In the post-experimental phase, both the participants’ attitude and trivialization were measured. The order of presentation of the variables was manipulated (attitude first vs. trivialization first). The results showed that participants with low self-esteem did not change their attitude and trivialized. These results limit the scope of the self-consistency view proposing that only participants with high self-esteem feel dissonance.

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