Sociometer theory and the pursuit of relational value: Getting to the root of self-esteem

By Mark R. Leary. 2005

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The sociality of personal and collective nostalgia (2019, unknown): “Psychological theories (sociometer – Leary, 2005; hierometer – Mahadevan, Gregg, & Sedikides, 2019; attachment – Mikulincer & Shaver, 2008; terror management – Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, & Schimel, 2004) propose, and evidence indicates, that acceptance or belongingness (i.e., social…”
The sociometer, self-esteem, and the regulation of interpersonal behavior. (2004, background): “Sociometer theory answers this question by proposing that, contrary to how it may appear, people do not have a need for self- esteem (Leary, 2006; Leary & Downs, 1995).”
Induced nostalgia increases optimism (via social-connectedness and self-esteem) among individuals high, but not low, in trait nostalgia (2016, unknown): “Also, theories (contingencies of self-worth: Crocker & Wolfe, 2001; sociometer: Leary, 2005; terror-management: Pyszczynski, Greenberg, Solomon, Arndt, & Schimel, 2004) and pertinent evidence identify social-connectedness as a basis for self-esteem.”
Self-esteem is dominated by agentic over communal information (2011, background): “In a majority of 13 studies on rejection effects on self-esteem reviewed by Leary (2005), the actual or imagined rejection experienced by participants pertained probably to agency rather than communion.”
Co‐Worker Exclusion and Employee Outcomes: An Investigation of the Moderating Roles of Perceived Organizational and Social Support (2014, background): “Prior conceptual work (e.g., Leary, 2001, 2006; Williams, 2001, 2007) has proposed that exclusion indicates that an individual is of low relational value to others and, as a result, reduces feelings of self-esteem and self-worth.”
Reactions to Discrimination, Stigmatization, Ostracism, and Other Forms of Interpersonal Rejection (2009, unknown): “, & Leary, M. R. (2005). Why does social exclusion hurt?”
I Own, So I Help Out: How Psychological Ownership Increases Prosocial Behavior (2020, background): “Self-esteem theories predict that a boost to one’s self-esteem increases prosocial behavior (Baumeister, 1998; Greenberg 2008; Leary 2005; Leary and Baumeister 2000).”
Psychology, Meaning Making, and the Study of Worldviews: Beyond Religion and Non-Religion (2018, background): “One of the most reliable findings in social psychology is that humans are motivated to maintain frameworks that afford a sense of personal agency and value within a comprehensible world (Leary, 2005; Landau et al., 2015).”
To nostalgize: mixing memory with affect and desire (2015, background): “Carver, Scheier, & Segerstrom, 2010), meaningfulness (Zika & Chamberlain, 1992), and social connectedness (Leary, 2005) all positively contribute to well-being.”