The Costs of Seeking Self–Esteem

By Jennifer Crocker. 2002

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Frequent Social Comparisons and Destructive Emotions and Behaviors: The Dark Side of Social Comparisons (2006, background): “…to teach the individual to make more, and more frequent, social comparisons, leading the individual to become dependent on social comparisons; in particular, on meeting external standards such as being better than others (e.g., Crocker, 2002; Kohn, 1980) to renew a sense of well-being.”
How Investment in Gender Ideals Affects Well-Being: The Role of External Contingencies of Self-Worth (2005, background): “Basing self-worth on external sources or superficial aspects of the self, such as physical appearance or others’ approval, is related to more negative psychological outcomes than basing it on more internal or intrinsic aspects of the self, such as being a virtuous person (Crocker, 2002a; Luhtanen & ”
The costly pursuit of self-esteem. (2004, background): “when their worth is not validated by others (Crocker, 2002b).”
Performance-based self-esteem : A driving force in burnout processes and its assessment (2005, background): “Self-esteem is a phenomenon with a seemingly pervasive influence on human cognition and affect (Baumeister, 1993; Crocker, 2002).”
Self Processes in Adolescent Depression: The Role of Self-Worth Contingencies. (2006, background): “Examining such processes by which self-worth is maintained represents a unique way of evaluating vulnerability to depression and may avoid construct validity issues inherent in the measurement of level of self-worth alone (Crocker, 2002).”
The Social Development of Contingent Self-Worth in Sexual Minority Young Men: An Empirical Investigation of the “Best Little Boy in the World” Hypothesis (2013, background): “To capture the behavioral outcomes predicted by contingent self-worth theory (e.g., Crocker, 2002b; Niiya et al., 2008), we measured the degree to which participants experienced negative affect and spent time alone each day and whether they cheated on their work, restricted their food intake,…”
The Connections Between Self-Esteem and Psychopathology (2011, background): “2009), eating disorders (Crocker 2002), anxiety (Bos et al.”