A Structural Theory of Self-Esteem Maintenance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10758284 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James W Balkwell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 458 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0431 • E-ISSN: 2325-7938 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2786547 |
| PMID | 5373098 |
| OpenAlex | W2406546725 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper presents a theory of self-esteem maintenance which may be of social psychological interest. It arose from the attempt to answer two questions: Does a person value self-esteem more under some circumstances than under others? And, if so, what does the social structure have to do with that value? The theory, which was induced from empirical findings, answers the first question affirmatively, and attempts to specify how the social structure is operative. An independent set of laboratory experiments was conducted to test some numerical predictions of the theory for decision-making situations. This paper presents a theory of self-esteem maintenance which may be of social psychological interest. The most clear-cut applications of the theory are to two-step decision situations which have the following characteristics: 1. Each of two persons makes an initial task-relevant decision, there being
Self-esteem · Computer Science · Mathematics · Mental Health Research Topics · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 1994 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |