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In: | Communication Research, 42, 2015, 1, S. 60-86 |
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SAGE Publications
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 60-86 |
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ISSN: |
0093-6502
1552-3810 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0093650212449015 |
veröffentlicht in: | Communication Research |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | SAGE Publications (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> The recently proposed cognitive-emotional theory of esteem support messages (CETESM) posits that sophisticated esteem support messages enhance state self-esteem by promoting cognitive reattribution and reappraisal of esteem-threatening situations and their effects on the self. To test this hypothesis, participants ( N = 234) read a hypothetical situation in which they imagined they had experienced one of two esteem-threatening situations. They then read a conversation in which a helper offered high- or low-quality esteem support messages. Finally, participants completed measures of cognitive reattribution and reappraisal and state self-esteem. Results mostly supported the predicted mediational model, though one message feature failed to predict message ratings, and issues arose in assessing cognitive reattribution. </jats:p> |