Erika J Koch
Biographic Data
| ID | 765671 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erika J Koch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erika J |
| FAMILY NAME | Koch |
| SIGNATURE | KOCH E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. Francis Xavier University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9063-8611 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Outperformance-Related Discomfort
Remembering that “Everybody Hurts”
Self-compassion involves treating oneself kindly, acknowledging that all humans experience suffering, and maintaining a balanced awareness of negative thoughts and feelings. Three studies (N = 614) examined the potential role of self-compassion in response to interpersonal rejection. Study 1 recruited a large, diverse internet sample and explored relationships between general perceived acceptance and several outcome variables (affect, depression,…
"What've I done to deserve this?" The role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target
Outperforming others may be an ambivalent experience, simultaneously evoking pride and discomfort. Two experiments examined the role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target. Study 1 took place online and experimentally manipulated deservingness by modifying a self-report measure of Sensitivity about Being the Target of a Threatening Upward Comparison (STTUC). Participants predicted more distress and less positive affect…
Testing competence and acceptance explanations of self-esteem
Recent theorizing suggests that both competence and acceptance contribute to global self-esteem. However, relatively little empirical work has focused on the relative contributions of competence and acceptance. We tested in four studies (N = 332) two competing hypotheses about how competence and acceptance play a role in self-esteem. According to the acceptance hypothesis, acceptance should influence self-esteem more than competence should. Accor…
Is Self‐Complexity Linked to Better Coping? A Review of the Literature
Initial theorizing depicted self‐complexity as the number of nonoverlapping self‐aspects, such as traits, roles, and behaviors, and proposed that greater self‐complexity is linked to better coping in response to stress and negative events. A review of the literature, however, finds inconsistent results. The inconsistency apparently arises from variation in the measurement of self‐complexity. The different measures stem from disagreement over the …
Relational Schemas, Self-Esteem, and the Processing of Social Stimuli
People mentally represent complex information in the form of schemas and often interpret ambiguous information in a schema-consistent manner. The present study examined the role of relational schemas in interpretations of ambiguous social stimuli. In a lexical decision task, 97 high- and low-self-esteem participants were primed with one of four types of words-acceptance, rejection, ambiguous, or non-social-and were then presented with four types …
"What've I done to deserve this?" The role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target
Outperforming others may be an ambivalent experience, simultaneously evoking pride and discomfort. Two experiments examined the role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target. Study 1 took place online and experimentally manipulated deservingness by modifying a self-report measure of Sensitivity about Being the Target of a Threatening Upward Comparison (STTUC). Participants predicted more distress and less positive affect…
Outperformance-Related Discomfort
Relational Schemas, Self-Esteem, and the Processing of Social Stimuli
People mentally represent complex information in the form of schemas and often interpret ambiguous information in a schema-consistent manner. The present study examined the role of relational schemas in interpretations of ambiguous social stimuli. In a lexical decision task, 97 high- and low-self-esteem participants were primed with one of four types of words-acceptance, rejection, ambiguous, or non-social-and were then presented with four types …
Is Self‐Complexity Linked to Better Coping? A Review of the Literature
Initial theorizing depicted self‐complexity as the number of nonoverlapping self‐aspects, such as traits, roles, and behaviors, and proposed that greater self‐complexity is linked to better coping in response to stress and negative events. A review of the literature, however, finds inconsistent results. The inconsistency apparently arises from variation in the measurement of self‐complexity. The different measures stem from disagreement over the …
Testing competence and acceptance explanations of self-esteem
Recent theorizing suggests that both competence and acceptance contribute to global self-esteem. However, relatively little empirical work has focused on the relative contributions of competence and acceptance. We tested in four studies (N = 332) two competing hypotheses about how competence and acceptance play a role in self-esteem. According to the acceptance hypothesis, acceptance should influence self-esteem more than competence should. Accor…
"What've I done to deserve this?" The role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target
Outperforming others may be an ambivalent experience, simultaneously evoking pride and discomfort. Two experiments examined the role of deservingness in reactions to being an upward comparison target. Study 1 took place online and experimentally manipulated deservingness by modifying a self-report measure of Sensitivity about Being the Target of a Threatening Upward Comparison (STTUC). Participants predicted more distress and less positive affect…
Remembering that “Everybody Hurts”
Self-compassion involves treating oneself kindly, acknowledging that all humans experience suffering, and maintaining a balanced awareness of negative thoughts and feelings. Three studies (N = 614) examined the potential role of self-compassion in response to interpersonal rejection. Study 1 recruited a large, diverse internet sample and explored relationships between general perceived acceptance and several outcome variables (affect, depression,…
Outperformance-Related Discomfort
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 works) · Self-esteem (2 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (2 works) · Affect (linguistics (1 works)