TY - JOUR
T1 - When do ego threats lead to self-regulation failure? Negative consequences of defensive high self-esteem
AU - Lambird, Kathleen Hoffman
AU - Mann, Traci
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - High self-esteem (HSE) is increasingly recognized as heterogeneous. By measuring subtypes of HSE, the present research reevaluates the finding that HSE individuals show poor self-regulation following ego threat (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1993). In Experiment 1, participants with HSE showed poor self-regulation after ego threat only if they also were defensive (high in self-presentation bias). In Experiment 2, two measures - self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem - were used to subtype HSE individuals as defensive. Both operationalizations of defensive HSE predicted poor self-regulation after ego threat. The results indicate that (a) only defensive HSE individuals are prone to self-regulation failure following ego threat and (b) measures of self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem can both be used to detect defensiveness.
AB - High self-esteem (HSE) is increasingly recognized as heterogeneous. By measuring subtypes of HSE, the present research reevaluates the finding that HSE individuals show poor self-regulation following ego threat (Baumeister, Heatherton, & Tice, 1993). In Experiment 1, participants with HSE showed poor self-regulation after ego threat only if they also were defensive (high in self-presentation bias). In Experiment 2, two measures - self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem - were used to subtype HSE individuals as defensive. Both operationalizations of defensive HSE predicted poor self-regulation after ego threat. The results indicate that (a) only defensive HSE individuals are prone to self-regulation failure following ego threat and (b) measures of self-presentation bias and implicit self-esteem can both be used to detect defensiveness.
KW - Defensiveness
KW - Ego threat
KW - Implicit self-esteem
KW - Self-esteem
KW - Self-regulation
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167206289408
DO - 10.1177/0146167206289408
M3 - Article
C2 - 16902238
AN - SCOPUS:33747098175
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 32
SP - 1177
EP - 1187
JO - Personality and social psychology bulletin
JF - Personality and social psychology bulletin
IS - 9
ER -