Date of Award
5-2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts - Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Steven Estrada
Second Advisor
Scott Drury
Third Advisor
Dusty Jenkins
Fourth Advisor
Scott Pruitt
Abstract
The researcher examined self-concept/self-image and self-concept maintenance processes in response to self-image threat. Replicating previous research, the researcher hypothesized that those who had self-image threatened would not engage in derogatory behavior in order to maintain self-concept (Fein & Spencer, 1997). Participants completed a false intelligence test giving negative, neutral, or positive feedback and were given an opportunity to evaluate members of a locally stereotyped or locally nonstereotyped social group for a hypothetical job position. No significant main effects or interactions were found for feedback or applicant social group on participant evaluations of applicants, indicating that derogation did not influence judgements in the current sample. Furthermore, it was hypothesized that emotion variables would explain more variance in participant evaluations of applicants following feedback than previously used self-concept variables. Neither self-esteem nor emotion were found to significantly predict derogation; however, stability in general self-concept, a measure not used in previous work examining factors affecting derogation, was found to significantly predict derogation, consistent with theory.
Keywords: self-concept, self-image, derogation, self-image maintenance, stereotype
Repository Citation
Schwarzkopf, Andrew, "Separating Self-Esteem from Self-Concept Processes: An Investigation of Emotional Responses to Self-Image Threat" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 167.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/167
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