Exploring the gender gap in smoking: The role of self-esteem and the destructive power of positive beliefs

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Perrotte ◽  
Willie Hale ◽  
Raymond Garza
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Self Esteem

Social and Temporal Comparisons as Moderators of Psychological Resources Associations With Wellbeing

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasida Ben-Zur
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Resources ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Age Range ◽  
General Wellbeing

Abstract. The current study investigated the associations of psychological resources, social comparisons, and temporal comparisons with general wellbeing. The sample included 142 community participants (47.9% men; age range 23–83 years), who compared themselves with others, and with their younger selves, on eight dimensions (e.g., physical health, resilience). They also completed questionnaires assessing psychological resources of mastery and self-esteem, and three components of subjective wellbeing: life satisfaction and negative and positive affect. The main results showed that high levels of psychological resources contributed to wellbeing, with self-enhancing social and temporal comparisons moderating the effects of resources on certain wellbeing components. Specifically, under low levels of mastery or self-esteem self-enhancing social or temporal comparisons were related to either higher life satisfaction or positive affect. The results highlight the role of resources and comparisons in promoting people’s wellbeing, and suggest that self-enhancing comparisons function as cognitive coping mechanisms when psychological resources are low.

Excluding others and social self-esteem: The role of trait anxiety

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Tai ◽  
Xi Zou ◽  
Jared Nai
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Self

Testing the sociometer: The role of self-esteem as a domain specific mediator

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Kavanagh ◽  
G. J. O. Fletcher ◽  
B. J. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Domain Specific

Relationship between victimization and psycopathology: Mediator role of self-esteem

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laia Soler Corbella ◽  
Claudia Paretilla Guardi ◽  
Maria Forns i Santacana ◽  
Teresa Kirchner Nebot ◽  
Judit Abad Gil
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Mediator Role

The role of self-esteem goals in predicting self-clarity

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth DeMarree ◽  
Kimberly Rios
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem
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