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March 1, 1995Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Self-esteem as an interpersonal monitor: The sociometer hypothesis.

Mark R. Leary Ellen Tambor Sonja K. Terdal Deborah L. Downs

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Abstract

Five studies tested hypotheses derived from the sociometer model of self-esteem according to which the self-esteem system monitors others' reactions and alerts the individual to the possibility of social exclusion. Study 1 showed that the effects of events on participants' state self-esteem parallel

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Leary et al. (1995) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06f86d964d5135c0d3e373 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.68.3.518

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