Designing and testing a risk regulation intervention to increase relationship initiation among individuals with lower self-esteem

dc.contributor.authorHole, Christine
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMorry, Marian (Psychology) Albas, Daniel (Sociology)en
dc.contributor.supervisorCameron, Jessica (Psychology)en
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-20T16:59:59Z
dc.date.available2011-01-20T16:59:59Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-20T16:59:59Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractSocial risk elicits an internal struggle between wanting to form significant relationships (i.e., connectedness goals) and avoiding rejection (i.e., self-protection goals). The current research tested an intervention designed to reduce perceptions of risk for low self-esteem individuals (LSEs). However, the intervention did not function as anticipated and regardless of self-esteem level, participants reported lower perceived acceptance and lower state self-esteem in the intervention condition compared to the control. In a post-session two weeks following the manipulation, high self-esteem individuals (HSEs) in the intervention appear to not only recover, but actually reported significantly more perceived regard and global self-esteem than HSEs in the control. A second study investigated the impact of the intervention in light of these surprising findings. Results suggest that viewing the intervention video in a socially risky situation caused both HSEs and LSEs to experience social threat. In contrast, the control video actually served to reduce social risk.en
dc.description.noteMay 2011en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4392
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectsocial personality psychologyen
dc.subjectself-esteemen
dc.subjectrelationshipsen
dc.subjectrisk-regulationen
dc.subjectperceptions of acceptanceen
dc.titleDesigning and testing a risk regulation intervention to increase relationship initiation among individuals with lower self-esteemen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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