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Publications [#252633] of Mark R. Leary

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  1. Haupt, AL; Leary, MR (1997). The appeal of worthless groups: Moderating effects of trait self-esteem. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 1(2), 124-132. [doi]
    (last updated on 2023/01/01)

    Abstract:
    The authors tested the hypothesis that people with low trait self-esteem prefer to join seemingly worthless groups because one's membership is less tenuous in worthless than in worthwhile groups. One hundred fourteen undergraduate students who completed a measure of trait self-esteem expressed their preference for working in a group versus alone on a task described as worthless or worthwhile. Furthermore, they were told that if they worked with the group, they might be removed from the group either randomly or by a group vote. Participants with low trait self-esteem preferred working with the worthless group more than the worthwhile group, whereas participants with high self-esteem snowed the opposite effect. In addition, the mere possibility of exclusion by a group vote lowered the state self-esteem of participants with low trait self-esteem but raised the self-esteem of those with high self-esteem. Copyright 1997 by the Educational Publishing Foundation.


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