Cooperation, Competition, and Self-Esteem
Aspects of Winning and Losing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9891422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Foley Meeker (Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, 2112 Arts Sociology Building, College Park, Maryland 20742.) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 205-219 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001872679004300301 |
| OpenAlex | W2111336846 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
Two studies used questionnaires to assess how subjects thought they would feel about themselves in a variety of competitive and noncompetitive situations. Self-evaluations were on semantic differential items, which revealed two dimensions, "instrumental" and "expressive. " In Study 1, losing affected self-evaluations negatively on both dimensions, and winning negatively on the expressive dimension compared to some noncompetitive settings. In Study 2, the factors of success/failure and group/individual were separated from the competitive or cooperative nature of the task; gender and general self-evaluation were also controlled. Differences between winning and losing were similar to differences between succeeding and failing in noncompetitive settings, although competition had a positive effect on instrumental self-esteem. A group setting affected both dimensions positively. A few gender differences appeared
Biology · Competition (biology · Differential (mechanical device · Differential effects · Dimension (graph theory · Economics · Self-esteem · Semantic differential · Statistics · Task (project management · Variety (cybernetics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Perceived and experimentally manipulated status moderates the relationship between facial structure and risk-taking
More Competition in Mind, Better Sleep at Night? The Mediating Role of Anxiety between Competitive Attitude and Sleep Quality
Giving more or taking more? The dual effect of self-esteem on cooperative behavior in social dilemmas
The self in social interaction.
Gender and social influence
Efficacious Action and Social Approval as Interacting Dimensions of Self-Esteem
Power displays between women and men in discussions of gender-linked tasks
Sex differences in interaction style as a product of perceived sex differences in competence
Status in Groups
Sex Roles and Interpersonal Behavior in Task-Oriented Groups
The Resolution of Conflict
The Self-Concept
Status Organizing Processes
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |