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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Low self-esteem (LSE) is associated with a self-protective self-presentation style.
  • This style may lead to reduced expressiveness compared to high self-esteem individuals (HSEs).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if LSEs are less expressive than HSEs.
  • To determine if perceived regard from interaction partners mediates this difference.
  • To explore interventions for increasing LSEs' expressiveness.

Main Methods:

  • Two correlational studies examined self-esteem, self-presentation, and expressiveness.
  • Two experimental studies manipulated perceived regard to assess its impact on LSEs' expressiveness.

Main Results:

  • LSEs were found to be less expressive than HSEs.
  • Perceived regard from interaction partners mediated the relationship between self-esteem and expressiveness.
  • Experimentally increasing perceived regard enhanced LSEs' expressiveness.

Conclusions:

  • Self-esteem influences self-presentational expressiveness through perceptions of social acceptance.
  • Interventions aimed at reducing social acceptance concerns can increase expressiveness in LSEs.