Low self-esteem and the formation of global self-performance estimates in emerging adulthood.

ABSTRACT: High self-esteem, an overall positive evaluation of self-worth, is a cornerstone of mental health. Previously we showed that people with low self-esteem differentially construct beliefs about momentary self-worth derived from social feedback. However, it remains unknown whether these anomalies extend to constructing beliefs about self-performance in a non-social context, in the absence of external feedback. Here, we examined this question using a novel behavioral paradigm probing subjects' self-performance estimates with or without external feedback. We analyzed data from young adults (N = 57) who were selected from a larger community sample (N = 2402) on the basis of occupying the bottom or top 10% of a reported self-esteem distribution. Participants performed a series of short blocks inv

SUBMITTER: Rouault M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9276660 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature