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Details for article 136 of 206 found articles
| Title: |
Self-Esteem and Reactions to Ego threat: A (Battle)Field Investigation |
| Author: |
Smith, Stephen M. Norrell, Jared H. Saint, Joshua L. |
| Appeared in: |
Basic and applied social psychology |
| Paging: | Volume 18 (1996) nr. 4 pages 395-404 |
| Year: |
1996-12-01 |
| Contents: |
Although high self-esteem has historically been associated with superior performance and goal setting, some evidence suggests that individuals with high self-esteem are prone to maladaptive reactions to ego threat (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1993). In a military training situation, we tested the hypothesis that high self-esteem individuals would overreact to ego threats and predispose themselves to failure. Cadets were given false feedback from a leadership test and subsequently attempted grenade tosses in which they selected the distance they would try. Consistent with expectations, an interaction appeared between self-esteem and ego threat such that high self-esteem cadets who received ego-threatening feedback selected more difficult targets than low self-esteem cadets, leading to marginally reduced accuracy. When not receiving an ego threat, results suggested relatively equal performance by high and low self-esteem cadets. |
| Publisher: |
Psychology Press |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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