Who tries to self-improve after an academic failure?: trait self-esteem differences and the mediating role of self-esteem distancing processes
dc.contributor.advisor | Buckingham, Justin | |
dc.contributor.author | De Andrade, Fernanda Chardulo Dias | |
dc.contributor.department | Towson University. Department of Psychology | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-15T22:10:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-15T22:10:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-19 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2018-05 | |
dc.description | (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2018 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The present study examined whether individual differences in implicit and explicit trait self-esteem influenced students’ self-improvement effort after receiving feedback that their verbal ability was at or well-below average. This study also examined whether certain self-distancing strategies facilitated or hindered practice effort. Regardless of implicit self esteem, participants with lower explicit self-esteem invested superior effort after receiving below-average, compared to average, feedback. Participants with high self-esteem did not differ by condition. Additional analyses revealed that participants who scored well-below average reported lower state self-esteem, which in turn related to higher academic contingencies and superior practice effort. Albeit limited, these findings support the contention that more is not better when it comes to self-esteem, as neither higher trait nor state self-esteem promoted superior self-improvement effort after failure. Future research is needed to uncover the influence of implicit self-esteem and better understand the role of distancing strategies on self-improvement effort. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://library.towson.edu/digital/collection/etd/id/66680 | en_US |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.format.extent | viii, 80 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | theses | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2dw8v-nh1b | |
dc.identifier.other | TSP2018De_Andrade | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/12807 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Towson University | |
dc.title | Who tries to self-improve after an academic failure?: trait self-esteem differences and the mediating role of self-esteem distancing processes | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |
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