Astra R L, Singg S
Department of Psychology and Sociology, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX 76909, USA.
J Psychol. 2000 Jan;134(1):15-22. doi: 10.1080/00223980009600845.
The role of self-esteem in a person's decision to initially affiliate with someone and subsequently maintain that affiliation was examined. A sample of 221 pairs of participants ("observers" and their "affiliates") were administered the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (M. Rosenberg, 1979), the Social Desirability Scale (D. Crowne & D. Marlowe, 1964), and a general interest questionnaire. The observers and most of their affiliates were undergraduate students enrolled at a southwestern U.S. university. Both at initial contact and during maintained affiliation, the observers with high self-esteem scores tended to affiliate with persons who scored significantly lower on self-esteem, and observers with low self-esteem scores tended to affiliate with persons who scored significantly higher on self-esteem. The authors concluded that a person's level of self-esteem may play an important role in his or her choices of affiliates.
自尊在一个人最初决定与他人建立联系并随后维持这种联系的过程中所起的作用得到了研究。对221对参与者（“观察者”及其“关联者”）进行了罗森伯格自尊量表（M. 罗森伯格，1979年）、社会赞许性量表（D. 克劳恩和D. 马洛，1964年）以及一份一般兴趣问卷的测试。观察者及其大多数关联者都是美国西南部一所大学的本科生。在初次接触时以及维持联系期间，自尊得分高的观察者倾向于与自尊得分显著较低的人建立联系，而自尊得分低的观察者则倾向于与自尊得分显著较高的人建立联系。作者得出结论，一个人的自尊水平可能在其对关联者的选择中起重要作用。
