Beschreibung: Self-esteem, a person's subjective evaluation of their worth as a person, predicts a variety of important life outcomes, including relationship satisfaction, physical and mental health, educational success, and job satisfaction (for a review, see Orth & Robins, 2014). Leading self-esteem theories posit that self-esteem varies as a function of the extent to which people feel appreciated and included by others (e.g., Leary, 2005). Specifically, self-esteem has been often described as a sociometer, with lower levels indicating low levels of social inclusion. Evidence for the sociometer hypothesis has been mixed, with some studies finding higher self-esteem levels in those people who report higher levels of social inclusion and other studies finding no evidence or reverse effects suggesting that higher self-esteem may lead to better relationship outcomes (e.g., Denissen et al., 2008; Harris & Orth, 2020). One potential explanation for the mixed body of evidence is that most existing studies examined the links between self-esteem and relationship outcomes at the between-person level, either in cross-sectional or in longitudinal studies with few assessments and oftentimes long intervals between assessments. These studies have been useful in testing whether people with higher self-esteem trait levels tend to have better relationship outcomes. However, the cross-sectional approach does not enable an examination of the within-person links between self-esteem and relationship outcomes over shorter time periods. The goal of the present thesis is to test whether within-person changes in daily self-esteem attitudes predict changes in daily relationship experiences in a sample of first-time parents. The project will use existing data of N=230 parents who completed three waves of 7-day diary studies during the transition to parenthood.
Einstiegsliteratur:
Denissen, J. J. A., Penke, L., Schmitt, D. P., & van Aken, M. A. G. (2008). Self-esteem reactions to social interactions: Evidence for sociometer mechanisms across days, people, and nations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 181?196.
Harris, M. A., & Orth, U. (2020). The link between self-esteem and social relationships: A meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 1459-1477.
Leary, M. R. (2005). Sociometer theory and the pursuit of relational value: Getting to the root of self-esteem. European review of social psychology, 16, 75-111.
van Scheppingen, M. A., Denissen, J. J. A., Chung, J. M., Tambs, K., & Bleidorn, W. (2018). Self-esteem and relationship satisfaction during the transition to motherhood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114, 973?991.
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Eingabedatum: 25.11.2021
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