Self-esteem, mood, and self-evaluation: changes in mood and the way you see you.
Three studies found that self-esteem moderates the relation between mood and self-evaluation. In Study 1, a standard mood-induction procedure was used to induce positive, negative, or neutral moods in low self-esteem (LSE) Ss and high self-esteem Ss. Afterward, Ss evaluated their specific qualities and characteristics (e.g., How smart are you? How kind are you?). Both self-esteem groups evaluated themselves favorably in a positive mood, but LSE Ss were more apt to lower their self-evaluations in a negative mood. Study 2 found a similar, though weaker pattern using a noncognitive, musical mood induction; Study 3 found that these effects occur with variations in naturally occurring mood over a 6-week period. The authors suggest that the tendency for LSE people to respond to negative moods with self-depreciation contributes to psychological distress.
Brown
J D
JD
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Mankowski
T A
TA
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment