目的考察自我肯定对自尊及不同威胁情境下自我评价的影响。方法:实验一采用单因素两水平被试问设计,40名被试随机分配至特征肯定和控制组;实验二在实验一基础上,增加了社会比较这一变量,采用2×2被试问设计,100名被试随机分配至4个组。结果:实验一发现肯定个体优秀特征可以提升自尊;实验二发现威胁比较条件下,特征肯定组被试的自我威胁感和自我评价分数更低。结论:自我特征肯定可以提升自尊,并有效缓解上行社会比较所产生的威胁感,对自我评价更加客观,结果还支持了自尊作为特征肯定减少防御机制、影响自我评价中介因子的观点。
Objective To investigate how self-affirmation effects self-esteem and self-evaluation under different threat-ening conditions. Methods: Study 1 adopted one factor between-subjects design, 40 college students were randomly as-signed into attribute affirmation and control condition, Study 2 added a new factor, social comparison, to investigate the ef-fect of seE-affirmation on the self-threat and self-evaluation under threaten social comparison, in which 100 college students(67 females) were recruited. Results: Participants in the attribute affirmation condition reported higher self-esteemthan participants in the control condition, in other words, affirming one' s positive qualities increased immediate self-esteem(Study 1). In the upward comparison condition, attribute affirmed people suffered less self-threat and described lower self-evaluation than no affirmed people(Study 2). Conclusion: Self-Affirmation on positive qualities promotes self-esteem.