Objective Self Awareness, Self-Esteem and Causal Attributions for Success and Failure.

摘要

The investigation has applied the theory of objective self awareness (Duval and Wicklund, 1972) to the study of causal attributions that actors make for their past performance. A 2 (male vs. female subject) by 2 (success vs. failure) by 3 (objective self-awareness vs. control vs. time control) by 2 (high vs. low self-esteem subjects) design was employed. Objective self-awareness was manipulated by exposing subjects to their image on a wall mirror after they received the success or failure experience. The results are discussed with respect to personality and sex.