TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: the importance of stability of self-esteem
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - Kernis, M. H.
A1  - Cornell, D. P.
A1  - Sun, C. R.
A1  - Berry, A.
A1  - Harlow, T.
SP  - 1190
EP  - 1204
VL  - 65
IS  - 6
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -