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Self-esteem modulates attentional responses to rejection: Evidence from event-related brain potentials |
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| Authors: | Haijiang Li Virgil Zeigler-HillJunlong Luo Juan Yang Qinglin Zhang |
| Institution: | a School of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China b Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China c Department of Psychology, Oakland University, 111 Pryale Hall Rochester, MI 48309, United States d School of Education Science, Hangzhou normal university, Hangzhou 310036, China |
| Abstract: | Individuals with low self-esteem have been shown to exhibit an attentional bias for social rejection cues. The present study investigated whether individuals with low self-esteem would demonstrate greater reactivity to rejection-related stimuli during an attention shifting task than was exhibited by those with high self-esteem. Individuals with low self-esteem showed higher amplitude event-related potentials (ERPs) in response to rejection cues than was observed for those with high self-esteem. These results suggest that individuals with low self-esteem allocate more attentional resources to rejection cues than those with high self-esteem. Discussion will focus on the implications of these findings for understanding the connection between low self-esteem and social rejection. |
| Keywords: | Self-esteem Attentional bias Rejection Acceptance |
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