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Self-Esteem Maintenance Processes: Why Low Self-Esteem may be Resistant to Change
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003-07-01)
If most people desire to maximize feelings of self-worth, how do we explain the persistence of low self-esteem? Results from four studies suggest that people with low self-esteem may be less likely to accept positive ...
Status, Testosterone, and Human Intellectual Performance: Stereotype Threat as Status Concern
(Psychological Science, 2003-03-01)
Results from two experiments suggest that stereotype-threat effects are special cases of a more general process involving the need to maintain or enhance status. We hypothesized that situations capable of confirming a ...