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Self-esteem Threat

Self-Esteem Threat is a psychological construct denoting a perceived challenge to one’s global sense of personal worth or competence, distinguished by its capacity to elicit social pain and motivate defensive self-protective responses within the domain of self-evaluation.

318

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29.7K

Citations

749

Authors

329

Institutions

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2017–2026

53

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Publications

318

Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?

Brad J. Bushman, Roy F. Baumeister · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1998 · 2K citations

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Ostracism

Kipling D. Williams · Annual Review of Psychology · 2006 · 1.8K citations

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Self-Threat Magnifies the Self-Serving Bias: A Meta-Analytic Integration

W. Keith Campbell, Constantine Sedikides · Review of General Psychology · 1999 · 841 citations

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Why do people need self-esteem? Converging evidence that self-esteem serves an anxiety-buffering function.

Jeff Greenberg, Sheldon Solomon, Tom Pyszczynski et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1992 · 840 citations

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Collective self‐esteem consequences of outgroup derogation when a valued social identity is on trial

Nyla R. Branscombe, Daniel L. Wann · European Journal of Social Psychology · 1994 · 792 citations

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Authors

749

  1. RF
    Roy F. Baumeister

    Florida State University, United States

    10 publications · 3.6K citations

    10

    h-index

  2. TF
    Todd F. Heatherton

    Dartmouth College, United States

    9 publications · 1.3K citations

    9

    h-index

  3. KD
    Kathleen D. Vohs

    University of Minnesota, United States

    6 publications · 660 citations

    6

    h-index

  4. IM
    Ian McGregor

    York University, Canada

    6 publications · 644 citations

    6

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  5. VZ
    Virgil Zeigler‐Hill

    Oakland University, United States

    6 publications · 187 citations

    6

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Institutions

329

  1. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    5.9K citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    522 citations

  6. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    716 citations

  8. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    548 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    45 publications · 9.9K citations

    35

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  2. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 21 publications · 1.7K citations

    18

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  3. Personality and Individual Differences

    13 publications · 440 citations

    13

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  4. Self and Identity

    12 publications · 415 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    11 publications · 552 citations

    11

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