Testing sociometer theory: Self-esteem and the importance of acceptance for social decision-making Export

@article{citeulike:1207927, abstract = {The present study examined the sociometer's role in guiding social behavior. The authors hypothesized that low self-esteem people (LSEs), but not high self-esteem people (HSEs), base their social decision-making on acceptance. Undergraduate participants were invited to join a social group and were led to believe that acceptance either was guaranteed, or was likely but not guaranteed. HSEs always were eager to join the group, whereas LSEs were keen to join the group only when acceptance was guaranteed. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that LSEs' willingness to join the group was dependent on their anticipated social outcomes, which were contingent on acceptance from the group, whereas acceptance did not affect HSEs' decision-making. These results support a sociometer account of social decision-making.}, author = {Anthony, Danu B. and Wood, Joanne V. and Holmes, John G.}, citeulike-article-id = {1207927}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2006.03.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WJB-4JWFMTB-1/2/faea32181c402a90123cd79d82f3c969}, doi = {10.1016/j.jesp.2006.03.002}, journal = {Journal of Experimental Social Psychology}, keywords = {acceptance, decision-making, risk, self-esteem, sociometer-theory}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {425--432}, posted-at = {2007-04-05 09:19:11}, priority = {2}, title = {Testing sociometer theory: Self-esteem and the importance of acceptance for social decision-making}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2006.03.002}, volume = {43}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1207927 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1207927 N2 - The present study examined the sociometer's role in guiding social behavior. The authors hypothesized that low self-esteem people (LSEs), but not high self-esteem people (HSEs), base their social decision-making on acceptance. Undergraduate participants were invited to join a social group and were led to believe that acceptance either was guaranteed, or was likely but not guaranteed. HSEs always were eager to join the group, whereas LSEs were keen to join the group only when acceptance was guaranteed. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that LSEs' willingness to join the group was dependent on their anticipated social outcomes, which were contingent on acceptance from the group, whereas acceptance did not affect HSEs' decision-making. These results support a sociometer account of social decision-making. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology EP - 432 TI - Testing sociometer theory: Self-esteem and the importance of acceptance for social decision-making VL - 43 SP - 425 KW - acceptance KW - decision-making KW - risk KW - self-esteem KW - sociometer-theory AU - Anthony, Danu AU - Wood, Joanne AU - Holmes, John PY - 2007/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2006.03.002 ER -