On the Plasticity of Self-Defense

By A. Tesser. 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Images of Success and the Preference for Luxury Brands (2006, background): “Individuals might feel threatened by information about a more successful individual, and as a result, might try to protect or enhance their self-esteem (Mussweiler, Gabriel, & Bodenhausen, 2000; Tesser, 2001).”
Measuring defensive responses to threatening messages: a meta-analysis of measures (2007, background): “These interrelationships between perceived prevalence, susceptibility and severity demonstrate the flexibility of strategies used to minimise threats and the importance of assessing patterns of defensive responses across several measures (Aronson, Blanton, & Cooper, 1995 ; Steele & Liu, 1983 ; Tes”
Impression and Information Management: On the Strategic Self- Regulation of Innocent and Guilty Suspects (2010, background): “Much social cognitive research shows that the self-concept is enhanced by a number of self-serving biases (Tesser, 2001; von Hippel, Lakin, & Shakarchi, 2005), further supporting the notion that beliefs about the fairness of the world might be particularly pronounced for assessments pertaining to…”
You want me to do what? Two daily diary studies of illegitimate tasks and employee well‐being (2016, background): “However, the threat to self-esteem contained in disrespect does not actually lower self-esteem under all circumstances; people may be able to ward off the threat, for instance, by (re)appraising the situation in a less threatening way or by reminding themselves of their positive qualities or experie”
Not all self-affirmations were created equal: The cognitive and social benefits of affirming the intrinsic (vs. extrinsic) self (2004, result): “Drawing from these and other such findings, some theorists have argued that all ways of positively affirming the self are equally effective in dealing with threats (e.g., Steele, 1988; Tesser, 2001).”
TARGET ARTICLE: "Putting the Self Into Self-Conscious Emotions: A Theoretical Model" (2004, unknown): “For example, in discussing self-esteem maintenance, Tesser (2001) argued that “many self-de- fense mechanisms are mediated by affect” (p. 68), but did not specify which particular emotions are involved.”
On Being Exposed to Superior Others: Consequences of Self-Threatening Upward Social Comparisons (2010, unknown): “Finally, it is also possible to move from lower order goals to higher order ones (‘‘Maybe I’m not good in Math, but I’m good in all the other subject matters’’; Carver & Scheier, 1999; Vallacher & Wegner, 1987) or to value alternative domains (Steele, 1988; Tesser, 2000, 2001).”
The Self and Memory (2004, background): “The inconsistency-negativity neglect model (neglect model, for short) is based on proposals that depict people as striving for a positive self-definition or the avoidance of a negative self-definition; such strivings occur often at the expense of accuracy and truthfulness (Campbell & Sedikides, 1999”
The Effects of an Auditor's Communication Mode and Professional Tone on Client Responses to Audit Inquiries (2017, background): “an individual will engage in defensive bolstering (e.g., Lerner & Tetlock, 1999; Tesser, 2001).”