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J Soc Psychol. 2019;159(3):284-298. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2018.1461604. Epub 2018 May 1.
Previous research shows that people with high self-esteem cope with threats to the self by reducing the extent to which their self-worth is contingent on the threatened domain (Buckingham, Weber, & Sypher, 2012). The present studies tested the hypothesis that this is a defensive process. In support of this hypothesis, Study 1 (N = 160), showed that self-affirmation attenuates the tendency for people with high self-esteem to reduce their contingencies of self-worth following self-threat. Furthermore, Study 2 (N = 286), showed that this tendency was more prevalent among people with defensive self-esteem than among those with secure self-esteem. The present studies imply that reducing contingent self-worth after self-threat is a defensive process. We discuss implications for theories of contingent self-worth.
先前的研究表明，自尊心强的人通过降低自我价值感对受威胁领域的依存度来应对自我威胁（Buckingham、Weber 和 Sypher，2012）。本研究检验了这是一种防御过程的假设。支持这一假设，研究 1（N=160）表明，自我肯定会减弱高自尊心的人在自我威胁后降低自我价值依存度的倾向。此外，研究 2（N=286）表明，这种倾向在具有防御性自尊心的人当中比在具有安全感自尊心的人当中更为普遍。本研究表明，在自我威胁后降低有条件的自我价值感是一种防御过程。我们讨论了这对有条件的自我价值理论的意义。
