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On the Confluence of Self-Esteem Maintenance Mechanisms

Tesser, Abraham·2000·Personality and Social Psychology Review
DOI 10.1207/s15327957pspr0404_1
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A case is made for the substitutability of self-esteem regulation mechanisms such as cognitive dissonance reduction, self-affirmation, and social comparison. For example, a threat to self via cognitive dissonance might be reduced by a favorable social comparison outcome. To explain substitution, it is suggested that self-esteem regulation mechanisms inevitably produce affect and that affect mediates the completion of various self-esteem regulation processes. Substitution can be understood in terms of the transfer of affect from the initial mechanism to the substitute mechanism. To be effective, this transfer must take place without awareness. Also discussed is the substitution of self-esteem regulation mechanisms across different self-domains versus within a single self-domain. Current theory suggests that substitution might be more effective within domain; that is, it is better to bolster the aspect of self that has been threatened. It is suggested here, however, that substitution across self-domain might be relatively resilient and easier to accomplish.

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Authors
Tesser, A.
Affiliations
The Ohio State University (US)
Corresponding author
Tesser, Abraham
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2000-11
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
290-299
ISSN
  • 1088-8683 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7957
DOI
10.1207/s15327957pspr0404_1
OpenAlex
W2172118262
Cited by
521
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 26 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 28
FWCI
14.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Personality and Social Psychology Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
Keywords
self-esteem regulation, dissonance reduction, self-affirmation, social comparison, affect transfer, self-threat, self-esteem maintenance

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