CONTINGENCIES OF SELF ESTEEM

自尊的意外情况

基本信息

批准号：
6186162
负责人：
Jennifer K Crocker
金额：
$ 25.06万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1998
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1998-08-20 至 2003-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Self-esteem (SE) is a central aspect of mental health. Yet, research investigating the role of SE in forms of psychological distress such as depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders has failed to demonstrate a causal role of low SE in the development of disorders. The PI proposes that in addition to level of SE, the contingencies on which SE I based are critically important to the functioning of SE, vulnerability of SE in the face of stressful events, and vulnerability to psychological distress. The proposed research will be conducted in three phases: In phase 1, five studies will focus on the development of reliable and valid measures of contingencies of SE among college students, and exploring the role of contingencies of SE as prospective predictors of the activities and psychological distress experienced by college freshmen. In phase 2, studies will explore the implications of contingencies of SE for several controversial issues in the SE literature: two studies using a daily report methodology will explore the hypothesis that instability of SE across time depends jointly on an individual's contingencies of SE and the relevance of daily events to those contingencies. Three experiments will explore the hypotheses that defensiveness among high SE individuals is found among those with highly contingent SE, but not those with noncontingent SE; that whether high SE individuals become defensive in the face of threat depends on the relevance of the threat to their particular contingencies of SE, and that people with different contingencies of SE tend to show different types of defensiveness. A correlational study will test the hypothesis that SF is more strongly related to people's objective characteristics if they have highly contingent SE. In phase 3 of the project, four studies will investigate the role of contingencies of SE as vulnerability factors fol low SE among members of stigmatized groups. One study using a daily report methodology will examine whether minority college students' Se fluctuates in concert with the experience of prejudice, and whether this variability in SE is more characteristic of those with highly contingent SE. A second study will use correlational methods to examine whether the association between perceived racial disadvantage with SE depends on contingencies of worth. A third study will examine daily fluctuation in the self-esteem of women who feel overweight or normal weight, as a function of their contingencies of SE and whether the social contexts they are in objectify them. A fourth study will examine daily fluctuations in the SE of gay and lesbian students as a function of their sexual contingencies of worth and whether they are attempting to conceal their orientation from others.

自尊（SE）是心理健康的一个核心方面。然而，研究调查SE在心理困扰中的作用，例如抑郁症、药物滥用和饮食失调未能证明低 SE 在疾病发展中的因果作用。 PI 提议，除了 SE 级别外，还应考虑以下意外情况： SE I 的基础对于 SE 的功能至关重要， SE在面对压力事件时的脆弱性和脆弱性以致心理困扰。拟议的研究将在三个阶段：在第一阶段，五项研究将重点关注高校SE意外事件的可靠有效的措施学生，并探索 SE 意外事件作为前瞻性的作用活动和心理困扰的预测因素大学新生。在第二阶段，研究将探讨以下问题的影响： SE的突发事件对SE中的几个有争议的问题文献：两项使用每日报告方法的研究将探讨假设 SE 随时间的不稳定性共同取决于个人的 SE 意外事件以及日常事件与那些意外事件。三个实验将探讨以下假设：高 SE 个体的防御性存在于那些具有高 SE 个体的人中。偶然性SE，但不是那些非偶然性SE；那是否高 SE个体在面对威胁时变得防御性取决于威胁与其特定 SE 突发事件的相关性，以及具有不同 SE 偶发事件的人往往会表现出不同的防御的类型。相关研究将检验假设 SF与人的客观特征关联性更强如果他们有高度偶然的SE。在该项目的第三阶段，四研究将调查 SE 意外事件的作用受污名群体成员中的脆弱性因素遵循SE。一项使用每日报告方法的研究将检验少数群体是否大学生的Se随着经历的变化而波动偏见，以及 SE 的这种变化是否更具特征那些具有高度偶然性SE的人。第二项研究将使用相关性检查感知种族之间是否存在关联的方法 SE 的劣势取决于意外事件的价值。第三项研究将检查女性自尊心的日常波动超重或正常体重，作为 SE 意外事件的函数以及他们所处的社会环境是否使他们客观化。第四个研究将调查男女同性恋者 SE 的日常波动学生作为其性偶然价值的函数他们是否试图向他人隐瞒自己的倾向。