@article{ref1,
title="There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: the importance of stability of self-esteem",
journal="Journal of personality and social psychology",
year="1993",
author="Kernis, M. H. and Cornell, D. P. and Sun, C. R. and Berry, A. and Harlow, T.",
volume="65",
number="6",
pages="1190-1204",
abstract="Study 1 examined the extent to which stability and level of self-esteem predicted cognitive and emotional reactions to interpersonal feedback. Among high self-esteem individuals, instability was associated with acceptance and positive emotions following positive feedback but to rejection and defensiveness following negative feedback. Among low self-esteem individuals, instability was unrelated to reactions to positive feedback but was related to less defensiveness and greater acceptance of negative feedback. Study 2 examined the extent to which variability and importance of specific self-evaluations were associated with instability of global self-esteem. Discussion focused on the roles of level and stability of self-esteem in reactions to evaluations and on the nature of self-esteem instability.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3514",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}