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Personality Moderators of Reactions to Interpersonal Rejection: Depression and Trait Self-Esteem

College of William and Mary, jbnezl{at}facstaff.wm.edu

Robin M. Kowalski

Western Carolina University, kowalski{at}wcuvaxi.wcu.edu

Mark R. Leary

Wake Forest University

Tana Blevins

College of William and Mary

Stephane Holgate

Western Carolina University

Two experiments were conducted to examine the moderating effects of depression and trait self-esteem on reactions to social exclusion. Participants received information indicating that they had been included in or excluded from a laboratory group and that their inclusion or exclusion was based either on the other group members' preferences or on a random procedure. Participants who scored high in depression (Experiment 1) and low in self-esteem (Experiment 2) responded more strongly (and logically) to the experimental manipulations than participants low in depression and high in self-esteem. The results suggested that depression and low self-esteem place people at risk for dysphoria and self-devaluation following interpersonal rejection.

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