Self-esteem modulates attentional responses to rejection: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

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• 作者：Haijiang Li ; Virgil Zeigler-Hill ; Junlong Luo ; Juan Yang ; Qinglin Zhang
• 关键词：Self-esteem ; Attentional bias ; Rejection ; Acceptance
• 刊名：Journal of Research in Personality
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：October, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：46
• 期：5
• 页码：459-464
• 全文大小：336 K

文摘

Individuals with low self-esteem have been shown to exhibit an attentional bias for social rejection cues. The present study investigated whether individuals with low self-esteem would demonstrate greater reactivity to rejection-related stimuli during an attention shifting task than was exhibited by those with high self-esteem. Individuals with low self-esteem showed higher amplitude event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to rejection cues than was observed for those with high self-esteem. These results suggest that individuals with low self-esteem allocate more attentional resources to rejection cues than those with high self-esteem. Discussion will focus on the implications of these findings for understanding the connection between low self-esteem and social rejection.