When compliments do not hit but critiques do: an fMRI study into self-esteem and self-knowledge in processing social feedback.

ABSTRACT: The way we view ourselves may play an important role in our responses to interpersonal interactions. In this study, we investigate how feedback valence, consistency of feedback with self-knowledge and global self-esteem influence affective and neural responses to social feedback. Participants (N = 46) with a high range of self-esteem levels performed the social feedback task in an MRI scanner. Negative, intermediate and positive feedback was provided, supposedly by another person based on a personal interview. Participants rated their mood and applicability of feedback to the self. Analyses on trial basis on neural and affective responses are used to incorporate applicability of individual feedback words. Lower self-esteem related to low mood especially after receiving non-applicable negat

SUBMITTER: van Schie CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5928412 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature