People feel discomfort when they receive feedback about their relational value that is
inconsistent with their self-esteem and certainty when they receive feedback that is consistent
(Stinson et al., 2010). Feeling discomfort prompts additional feedback-seeking to confirm or
disprove the original feedback (Swann, 1987). Feeling certainty does not. People base their self-views
on years of experience and so are more likely to seek self-view consistent feedback
(Swann, 1987). Participants were given high relational value feedback to invoke discomfort in
individuals with low self-esteem (LSEs) but not individuals with high self-esteem (HSEs).
Participants were then able to seek additional relational-value feedback. LSEs were expected to
seek self-esteem consistent feedback to reduce discomfort whereas HSEs were not expected to
seek additional feedback because they would not be experiencing discomfort. Results did not
support these hypotheses for all participants: Single LSEs sought feedback as a function of self-esteem
but mated LSEs did not. / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/4048 |
| Date | 10 July 2012 |
| Creators | Reddoch, Lisa |
| Contributors | Stinson, Danu |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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