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Self-Esteem, Compensatory Self-Enhancement, and the Consideration of Health Risk

Sue Boney-McCoy

Eastern Connecticut State University, boneymccoys{at}ecsuc.ctstateu.edu

Frederick X. Gibbons

Iowa State University

Meg Gerrard

Iowa State University

Acknowledging that one engages in risk-increasing behavior is a form of self-generated negative feedback that can engender self-protective responses. This experiment examined the use of one of these reactions, compensatory self-enhancement, following a manipulation that made high and low self-esteem participants explicitly consider their sexual risk behaviors. Participants with high (but not low) self-esteem responded to the manipulation by self-enhancing on both personality ratings and ratings of their contraceptive behavior. Positive self-ratings on personality traits were negatively associated with subsequent ratings of perceived vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases.

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 8, 954-965 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/01461672992511004
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