Brown Jonathon D, Farnham Shelly D, Cook Kathleen E
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
J Pers. 2002 Feb;70(1):127-41. doi: 10.1111/1467-6494.00181.
Two experiments investigated how self-esteem guides people's emotional responses to changing evaluative feedback. In both experiments, participants received an initial evaluation (either positive or negative) followed by a second evaluation (either positive or negative). Emotional reactions to the second evaluation were then assessed. High self-esteem participants found feedback that was consistently negative to be most distressing, whereas low self-esteem participants were most disturbed by feedback that changed from positive to negative. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
两项实验研究了自尊如何引导人们对不断变化的评价性反馈产生情绪反应。在这两项实验中，参与者首先收到一个初始评价（正面或负面），随后是第二个评价（正面或负面）。然后评估他们对第二个评价的情绪反应。高自尊的参与者发现持续负面的反馈最令人苦恼，而低自尊的参与者则对从正面变为负面的反馈最为不安。文中讨论了这些发现的理论和实际意义。
