Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization

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dc.contributor.authorVirgil Zeigler-Hill
dc.contributor.authorCarolin J. Showers
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:52:54Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:36:52Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:52:54Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:36:52Z
dc.date.issued2007-02-01
dc.description.abstractThe present studies examined the association between self-concept structure and stability of self-esteem. In two daily diary studies, evaluative integration (organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into the same self-aspects) was associated with more stable self-esteem than evaluative compartmentalization (organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into separate self-aspects) among individuals with generally high self-esteem. Moreover, analyses of self-esteem reactivity confirmed that the sensitivity of state self-esteem to daily events was greater for compartmentalized individuals than for individuals with relatively integrative self-concept structures. Compartmentalization also was associated with greater sensitivity to experiences of social rejection in the laboratory, consistent with the view that integration affords greater stability of self-evaluations. These results suggest that some of the benefits believed to be associated with compartmentalization (such as high self-esteem) may have hidden costs that have not previously been considered.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationZeigler-Hill, V., & Showers, C. J. (2007). Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(2), 143-159. doi: 10.1177/0146167206294872en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0146167206294872en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/24962
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectcompartmentalizationen_US
dc.subjectevaluative organizationen_US
dc.subjectselfen_US
dc.subjectself-concepten_US
dc.subjectself-esteemen_US
dc.subjectself-esteem stabilityen_US
dc.titleSelf-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalizationen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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