Title: The effect of self-esteem on romantic liking
Abstract: It was proposed that a person's momentary self-esteem affects his receptivity to the affection offered by another. People whose self-esteem was temporarily low were expected to like an affectionate, accepting other more than those whose self-esteem was momentarily high. An experimental study was conducted to test this proposal. The selfesteem of one half of the Ss was raised by giving them false personality information; the self-esteem of the other half of the Ss was lowered by the same technique. Women then rated a male confederate, who had earlier asked them for a date. The Ss in the low self-esteem condition expressed significantly more liking for the confederate than did Ss in the high self-esteem condition. The relationship between "stable" (or measured) self-esteem and liking for others was also discussed.
Publication Year: 1965
Publication Date: 1965-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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