Who can't take a compliment? The role of construal level and self-esteem in accepting positive feedback from close others
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- 作者：David R. Kille ; dkille@uwaterloo.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Richard P. Eibach ; Joanne V. Wood ; John G. Holmes
- 关键词：Construal level ; Compliments ; Self-esteem ; Relationships ; Risk-regulation
- 刊名：Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：68
- 期：Complete
- 页码：40-49
- 全文大小：459 K
文摘
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We show that people with low self-esteem (LSEs) have difficulty accepting and capitalizing on compliments.
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Drawing on mental construal theories, we propose and test an intervention to help LSEs accept compliments.
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When LSEs are not thinking about a compliment in relation to their relatively negative self-theories (in a concrete mindset), they capitalize on compliments.
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When LSEs are thinking about a compliment in the context of their self-theories (in an abstract mindset), they fail to capitalize on compliments.