[The effects of individual differences on self-evaluation maintenance model].
This study was conducted to examine the effects of individual differences in affiliation motivation, achievement motivation, and self-esteem on the self-evaluation maintenance (SEM) model proposed by Tesser et al. (1984). One hundred and seventy college students answered a questionnaire for measuring affiliation motivation, achievement motivation, and self-esteem, and also assessed their own as well as their friends' academic achievements in their senior high school subjects with both high and low degrees of relevancy. For those who were high in affiliative motivation, a significantly greater difference between the own and the friends' achievements was found in the academic subjects with low rather than high relevancy. However, the same difference was also greater in the academic subjects with low rather than high relevancy for those who were low in their achievement motivation or self-esteem. These results suggest that individual differences in some variables such as affiliation motivation, achievement motivation, and self-esteem would play an important role in the SEM model.
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Department of Psychology, Nara University of Education.
D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D012649:Self Concept