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The relationship between cooperative, competitive, and individualistic attitudes and differentiated aspects of self‐esteem 1
Author(s) -
NoremHebeisen Ardyth A.,
Johnson David W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1981.tb00223.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , self esteem , feeling , individualism , vulnerability (computing) , developmental psychology , computer security , political science , computer science , law
Abstract Four studies to clarify the relationship between attitudes toward styles of social interdependence and ways of deriving self‐esteem were conducted among 821 white, middle‐class, secondary school students in a midwest suburban community. Correlations between attitudes toward three styles of interdependence and four ways of deriving self‐esteem indicate distinctive and theoretically predictable patterns of relationship. Students who indicate a cathexis for cooperative relationships report patterns of higher self‐esteem related to freedom of personal expressiveness and feelings of personal well‐being; students indicating a cathexis for competitive or individualized patterns of interdependence report greater vulnerability on dimensions of self‐esteem reflecting sensitivity to experiences of success, approval, and support of others. The magnitudes of correlations between a global measure of personal worth and attitudes toward the three types of interdependence reflect the extent to which positive social reinforcement is available in these settings. Specific correlations that reflect these findings are significant, p < .01.