Mahadevan, Nikhila and Gregg, Aiden P and Sedikides, Constantine (2023) Daily Fluctuations in Social Status, Self-Esteem, and Clinically Relevant Emotions: Testing Hierometer Theory and Social Rank Theory at a Within-Person Level. Journal of Personality, 91 (2). pp. 519-536. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12752
Mahadevan, Nikhila and Gregg, Aiden P and Sedikides, Constantine (2023) Daily Fluctuations in Social Status, Self-Esteem, and Clinically Relevant Emotions: Testing Hierometer Theory and Social Rank Theory at a Within-Person Level. Journal of Personality, 91 (2). pp. 519-536. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12752
Mahadevan, Nikhila and Gregg, Aiden P and Sedikides, Constantine (2023) Daily Fluctuations in Social Status, Self-Esteem, and Clinically Relevant Emotions: Testing Hierometer Theory and Social Rank Theory at a Within-Person Level. Journal of Personality, 91 (2). pp. 519-536. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12752
Abstract
Introduction: Grounded in hierometer theory and social rank theory, this research examined how within-person fluctuations in social status relate to within-person fluctuations in self-esteem and several clinically relevant emotions. Both hierometer theory and social rank theory postulate that particular psychological mechanisms help individuals to navigate social hierarchies adaptively. However, hierometer theory emphasizes self-esteem, whereas social rank theory emphasizes emotions—specifically, depression, anxiety, and shame. Methods: We conducted a 10-day diary study and analyzed the data using multilevel modeling. Participants (N=345) completed daily measures of their status, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, shame, and guilt. Results: On days when their status was higher, participants reported higher self-esteem and lower depression, anxiety, and shame. On days when their self-esteem was higher, participants reported lower depression, anxiety, and shame. These patterns persisted after controlling for baseline individual differences. Furthermore, multilevel mediation analyses indicated that daily self-esteem mediated the links between daily status, and, individually, daily depression, anxiety, and shame, but not guilt. Conclusions: Supporting hierometer theory and social rank theory, self-esteem and the clinically relevant emotions (except for guilt) appear to serve a status-tracking function. Self-esteem plays a more primary role, accounting for the link between status, and depression, anxiety, and shame.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | hierometer theory; social rank theory; social status; status; self-esteem; emotion |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2022 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 20:10 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/33116 |
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