Me, us, and them
Testing sociometer theory in a socially diverse real-life context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6207434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne K Reitz (0000-0001-7286-2257, Columbia University), Frosso Motti-Stefanidi, Frosso Motti‐Stefanidi (0000-0003-4290-4895, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Jens B Asendorpf (0000-0002-2576-1792, Cal Poly Humboldt) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 908-920 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-01 |
| 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/pspp0000073 |
| PMID | 26595714 |
| OpenAlex | W2410031241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 42 |
| References cited | 66 |
Although numerous studies have emphasized the role evaluations by others play for people's self-esteem, the perspective of others and the social diversity of real-life contexts have largely been ignored. In a large-scale longitudinal study, we examined the link between adolescents' self-esteem and their self- and peer-perceived popularity in socially diverse classrooms. First, we tested the competing directions of effects predicted by sociometer theory (i.e., peer-perceived popularity affects self-esteem, mediated by self-perceived popularity) and the self-broadcasting perspective (i.e., self-esteem affects peer-perceived popularity). Second, we examined differential effects of popularity in the own social group ("us") versus others ("them") by using immigrant status groups (i.e., immigrants versus host-nationals). We examined 1,057 13-year-old students in 3 annual waves. Cross-lagged analyses revealed that popularity among peers of the in-group but not among peers of the out-group prospectively predicted self-esteem, which was mediated by self-perceived popularity. Self-esteem in turn prospectively predicted self- but not peer-perceived popularity. In sum, the findings provide support for sociometer theory and a conscious sociometer mechanism but no support for the self-broadcasting perspective. The findings further demonstrate that the sociometer was more responsive to popularity in immigrant status in- than out-groups. In conclusion, the findings underscore the need to consider the perspective of others and their social group memberships to better understand the complexities of the link between self-esteem and popularity. (PsycINFO Database Record
Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Peer group · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Popularity · PsycINFO · Self-esteem · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Peer Status as a Potential Risk or Protective Factor
Longitudinal coupling of momentary stress reactivity and trait neuroticism
Can other-derogation be beneficial? Seeing others as low in agency can lead to an agentic reputation in newly formed face-to-face groups
How many likes did I get
Subjective and objective peer approval evaluations and self-esteem development
Is self‐esteem a predictor or outcome of bullying involvement? Longitudinal relationships between self‐esteem, physical, verbal, and relational bullying perpetration and victimization
When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference
Conformity Behaviors
Recognitive Justice and Educational Inequalities
Shame-Proneness Uniquely Predicts Social Evaluative Symptoms
The sociometer theory at work
Longitudinal interplay between peer likeability and youth’s adaptation and psychological well-being
Do Parent Trust and Trait Emotional Intelligence Predict Self‐Concept? A Longitudinal Study
Procedural fairness predicts cooperative behaviour for high‐self‐esteem individuals but not for low‐self‐esteem individuals
Why adolescents conform to high-status peers
An EMG-based approach toward the assessment of implicit self-esteem
The Primordial Role of Self-Esteem in Social-Emotional Development and Maladaptive Behavior Formation—A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis
There Goes My Hero
Is self-regard a sociometer or a hierometer? Self-esteem tracks status and inclusion, narcissism tracks status
Unraveling the complex relationship between work transitions and self-esteem and life satisfaction
Puffed-up but shaky selves
Family environment and self-esteem development
The family environment in early childhood has a long-term effect on self-esteem
The Role of Ethnic Identity, Perceived Social Support, and Maladaptive Perfectionism in the Self-Esteem of Immigrant Asian Indian University Students
Self‐esteem change during the transition from university to work
Routes to momentary self‐esteem in adolescence
Self‐esteem development in the school context
Narrative Agency and Communion as Predictors of Trait and State Self‐Esteem Dynamics
The ups and downs of social life
The Friends They Have and the Friends They Want
Why women’s entrepreneurial activities are low in China? The psychological perspective of self-esteem
How Much Do Sources of Happiness Vary Across Countries? A Review of the Empirical Literature
Self-esteem and negative affectivity as mediators of the prospective links between adolescent interpersonal peer problems and disordered eating behaviors
Psychological maltreatment and loneliness in Chinese children
Witnessing violence in early secondary school predicts subsequent student impairment
Linking Personality With Interpersonal Perception in the Classroom
Dancing is belonging! How social networks mediate the effect of a dance intervention on students' sense of belonging to their classroom
The ‘mixed bag’ of segregation—On positive and negative associations with migrants’ acculturation
Association Between Bullying Victimization Experience and Self-Esteem of Multicultural Youth in South Korea
Does competence or morality mainly drive self-esteem? It depends on general system justification
Network Brokerage and Self-Rated Popularity Among Lao School-Based Children
Latino Adolescent Pursuit and Mother Inference of Language Brokering Interaction Goals with Adolescent Self-esteem Outcomes
The principles of psychology.
Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis
The nature and function of self-esteem
Personality Trait Change in Adulthood
Is Self-Esteem a Cause or Consequence of Social Support? A 4-Year Longitudinal Study
Developmental Tasks as a Framework to Study Personality Development in Adulthood and Old Age
Self-Enhancement
Friendship homophily among ethnic German immigrants
Others Sometimes Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves
Contingencies of self-worth.
Personality Moderators of Reactions to Interpersonal Rejection
R U There? Ostracism by Cell Phone Text Messages.
Assessing Goodness of Fit
Rejection Elicits Emotional Reactions but Neither Causes Immediate Distress nor Lowers Self-Esteem
Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?
Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis
Attitudes and Cognitive Organization
Missing data
Testing Mediational Models With Longitudinal Data
Social Psychology of Intergroup Relations
Structural Equations with Latent Variables
Latent Curve Models
Measuring Global Self-Esteem
To Parcel or Not to Parcel
Stability of continuous measures of sociometric status
Antecedents, Consequences, and Mechanisms
The Two Pathways to Being an (Un‐)Popular Narcissist
Individual Differences in Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection Strategies
The Status‐Signaling Property of Self‐Esteem
Self-esteem and Evaluations of Targets with Ostensibly Different Levels of Self-worth
It's Not Just Being Popular, it's Knowing it, too
Age differences in instability, contingency, and level of self-esteem across the life span
Social approval and trait self-esteem
The Academic Achievement of African American Students During Early Adolescence
Us and them
Low and decreasing self-esteem during adolescence predict adult depression two decades later
Meta-insight
How self-evaluations relate to being liked by others
Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood
Dimensions and types of social status
Social impact and social preference as determinants of children's peer group status
Ethnic Identity and the Academic Adjustment of Adolescents From Mexican, Chinese, and European Backgrounds
Reactions to acceptance and rejection
Do people's self-views matter? Self-concept and self-esteem in everyday life
Mastering developmental transitions in immigrant adolescents
Ethnic Identity, Immigration, and Well‐Being
The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure
When do immigrant adolescents feel personally discriminated against? Longitudinal effects of peer preference
Ethnic Residential Segregation, Social Contacts, and Anti-Minority Attitudes in European Societies
Deconfounding the effects of dominance and social acceptance on self-esteem
Personality in its natural habitat
Cyberostracism
Calibrating the sociometer
Self-esteem reactions to social interactions
Essentialism goes social
Why are narcissists so charming at first sight? Decoding the narcissism–popularity link at zero acquaintance
Wherever I may roam
Coalition or derogation? How perceived discrimination influences intraminority intergroup relations
Self-esteem development from age 14 to 30 years
An Organizing Framework for Collective Identity
Social interaction and the self concept
Which Significant Others
Mind, Self, and Society
| Unique citing works | 42 |
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| Citations per year | 3,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |