When It Is Not So Funny: Prevalence of Friendly Sexist Teasing and Consequences to Gender Self-Esteem

This research investigates the phenomenon of “friendly” sexist teases (FSTs), which we define as playful intergroup teases that are based on the negative gender stereotypes that devalue one’s gender group. We first employed a diary study to explore the prevalence of FSTs in college students’ everyday life and found that this type of teasing tends to occur in social situations and often between close others. In a second study, we experimentally manipulated perceived closeness with the teaser. We predicted that individuals teased by someone with whom they shared a perceived closeness would interpret FSTs as playful fun; therefore, the tease would not have a negative psychological effect. We further predicted that those teased by someone less close would likely focus on the literal content of the sexist tease, resulting in negative consequences to gender self-esteem. Results supported these predictions and provided insight into the phenomenon of FSTs.

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Debriefing in Deceptive Research: A Proposed New Procedure

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics ◽

10.1525/jer.2007.2.3.49 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 49-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Malgorzata Oczak ◽

Agnieszka Niedźwieńska

Keyword(s):

Learning Experience ◽

Positive Mood ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Positive Attitudes ◽

Insight Into ◽

Psychological Experiments

This study examines the effectiveness of a new debriefing procedure designed specifically to address possible negative consequences of participation in deceptive research. The new debriefing includes an extended educational procedure that enables participants to gain insight into relevant deceptive practices and how to recognize and deal effectively with them, and thus end their participation with a positive and beneficial learning experience. The usefulness of the new tool was analyzed in a suggestibility study in which we compared the effects of the standard debriefing and the new procedure in terms of participants' mood, self-esteem, and attitudes toward psychological experiments. The most important result was that at the end of the study subjects who received the new debriefing system expressed more positive mood and more positive attitudes toward research than those who received the standard debriefing system. The implications of these results for generalizing to other kinds of deception research are discussed.

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Social Exclusion and Impulsive Buying among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and The Moderating Role of Risk Preference

10.20944/preprints202109.0142.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Haocheng Luo ◽

Jiarong Chen ◽

Shengnan Li ◽

Yangang Nie ◽

Guodong Wang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Risk Preference ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Impulsive Buying ◽

The Relationship

With the development of science and technology, buying has become much easier. At the same time, however, impulsive buying has many negative consequences for college students, and the causes of impulsive buying should therefore be explored. To explore the relationship between social exclusion and impulsive buying and its underlying mechanism, this study used the Social Exclusion Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, Risk Preference Scale, and Impulsive Buying Scale to investigate the roles of self-esteem and risk preference in the relationship between social exclusion and impulsive buying among 768 college students (387 were female, Mage = 20.25 years). The results were as follows: (1) when controlling for gender, age, family monthly income, and monthly living expenses, social exclusion significantly and positively predicted impulsive buying; (2) self-esteem played a mediating role between social exclusion and impulsive buying; (3) risk preference moderated the relationship between the second half of the mediating path and the direct path. These results reveal the mechanism underlying impulsive buying in college students, that is, social exclusion will predict the decrease of college students' self-esteem, and low self-esteem will further predict college students' impulsive buying which is a way for them to gain a sense of self-worth. Relatively low risk preference can well alleviate the negative impact of social exclusion and low self-esteem on impulsive buying. What’s more, these results have implications for impulsive buying interventions. Schools should aim to create a good peer atmosphere by making certain rules that help to reduce social exclusion and parents and education departments should cultivate students’ risk awareness to avoid risk behaviors in college students, such as impulsive buying behavior.

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A diary study of implicit self-esteem, interpersonal interactions and alcohol consumption in college students

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology ◽

10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.001 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 720-730 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Tracy DeHart ◽

Howard Tennen ◽

Stephen Armeli ◽

Michael Todd ◽

Cynthia Mohr

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Diary Study ◽

Interpersonal Interactions

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Social Exclusion and Impulsive Buying among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem and the Moderating Role of Risk Preference

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182111027 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (21) ◽

pp. 11027

Author(s):

Haocheng Luo ◽

Jiarong Chen ◽

Shengnan Li ◽

Yangang Nie ◽

Guodong Wang

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Social Exclusion ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Risk Preference ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Impulsive Buying ◽

The Relationship

With the development of science and technology, buying has become much easier. At the same time, however, impulsive buying has many negative consequences for college students, such as dissatisfaction and debt; the causes of impulsive buying should, therefore, be explored urgently. There are numerous empirical studies indicating that social exclusion may be a potential factor of impulsive buying, and the underlying mechanisms of this association remain unclear. In this study, we used the Social Exclusion Scale, Self-Esteem Scale, Risk Preference Scale, and Impulsive Buying Scale, as well as a cross-sectional design to investigate the roles of self-esteem and risk preference in the relationship between social exclusion and impulsive buying among 768 college students (387 were female, Mage = 20.25 years). The results were as follows: (1) when controlling for gender, age, family monthly income, and monthly living expenses, social exclusion significantly and positively predicted impulsive buying; (2) self-esteem played a mediating role between social exclusion and impulsive buying; (3) risk preference moderated the relationship between the second half of the mediating path and the direct path. These results reveal the mechanism underlying impulsive buying in college students, that is, social exclusion will predict the decrease in college students’ self-esteem, and low self-esteem will further predict college students’ impulsive buying, which is a way for them to gain a sense of self-worth. Relatively low risk preference can well alleviate the negative impact of social exclusion and low self-esteem on impulsive buying. What is more, these results have implications for impulsive buying interventions and preventions. Schools should aim to create a good peer atmosphere by implementing certain rules that help to reduce social exclusion, and parents and education departments should cultivate students’ risk awareness to avoid risk behaviors in college students, such as impulsive buying behavior. This study fills the research gap regarding college students’ impulsive buying and explores its internal psychological mechanism.

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The Role of Athletics in the Self-Esteem of Tomboys

Child Development Research ◽

10.1155/2011/830345 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

May Ling Halim ◽

Elizabeth Dalmut ◽

Faith K. Greulich ◽

Sheana Ahlqvist ◽

Leah E. Lurye ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Gender Stereotypes ◽

Self Esteem ◽

The Self ◽

Interactive Effects ◽

Gender Group ◽

Lower Status ◽

Gender Status ◽

Status Differences

Many girls self-identify as tomboys, yet little is known about their experiences. Tomboys deviate from gender stereotypes; they also may be more highly aware of gender status differences. Because tomboys may feel different from others and more keenly feel the lower status of their gender group, they may suffer from lower levels of self-esteem. Yet many tomboys also tend to participate in athletics, an activity that often leads to higher levels of self-esteem. Two studies sought to disentangle the interactive effects of tomboy identification and athleticism on self-esteem. Study 1 sampled 144 female undergraduates and Study 2 sampled 66 girls aged from 8 to 13. In both studies, greater self-identification as a tomboy during childhood was associated with lower current self-esteem, but only for less athletic participants. Tomboys who were highly athletic had high levels of self-esteem. Together these findings suggest that participating in athletics can protect tomboys from decreased self-esteem.

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The Negative Consequences of Stuttering for Perceptions of Leadership Ability

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000336 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽

Avi Besser ◽

Yuval Besser

Keyword(s):

Self Esteem ◽

Negative Association ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Community Members ◽

Perceived Leadership ◽

Negative Perceptions ◽

Low Levels ◽

Perceptions Of Leadership

Abstract. The purpose of the present study was to extend previous research concerning the negative perceptions of stuttering by considering the perceived leadership ability of targets who stuttered compared with targets who did not stutter. We were also interested in the possibility that negative perceptions of the targets (i.e., low levels of self-esteem, intelligence, dominance-based status motivation, and prestige-based status motivation) would mediate the association between stuttering and a lack of perceived leadership ability as well as the possibility that manipulating the ostensible self-esteem level of the target would further moderate these associations. The results for 838 Israeli community members revealed a negative association between stuttering and perceived leadership ability that was mediated by the perceived self-esteem level and dominance-based status motivation of the target. Further, the associations between stuttering and perceptions of leadership ability were moderated by the ostensible self-esteem level of the target. Discussion focuses on the implications of these results for understanding the negative halo that surrounds stuttering.

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