This mood is familiar and I don't deserve to feel better anyway
Mechanisms underlying self-esteem differences in motivation to repair sad moods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanne V Wood (0009-0007-3270-6592, University of Waterloo), Sara A Heimpel (University of Waterloo), Laurie A Manwell (0000-0002-0528-6365, University of Waterloo), Elizabeth J Whittington (University of Waterloo) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 363-380 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0012881 |
| PMID | 19159137 |
| OpenAlex | W2037785688 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 47 |
| References cited | 29 |
Why are people with low self-esteem (LSE) less motivated than people with high self-esteem (HSE) to improve sad moods? The present research examined whether feelings of personal deservingness contribute to this difference. Four experiments with undergraduate participants involved a sad mood induction, a manipulation of personal deservingness, or both. Results suggested that (a) LSEs feel less deserving of positive outcomes and of positive moods than do HSEs, (b) feelings of personal deservingness can vary with the situation, and be lowered through reminders of social rejection and personal flaws, and (c) feeling relatively undeserving dampens LSEs', but not HSEs', motivation to repair sad moods. These results have implications for the emotion regulation, self-esteem, and social justice literatures
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| Unique citing works | 47 |
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| Citations per year | 2,76 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 35 |