The role of self-esteem and anxiety in decision making for self versus others in relationships

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-144

  Wray, Laura D ^a,b   Stone, Eric R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Decision making; Relationships; Risk taking; Self other differences; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744456288     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.490     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Abelsen, R. P., & Levi, A. (1995). Decision making and decision theory. In G. Lindzey, & E. Aronson (Eds.), The handbook of social psychology (3rd ed., pp. 231 - 309). New York: Random House.
2. Aiken, L. S., & West, S. G. (1991). Multiple regression: testing and interpreting interactions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
3. Allgaier, L. (2002). The effects of cultural values on decision making for others versus for oneself in relationships. Unpublished master's thesis, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
4. Allgaier, L., & Stone, E. R. (2002, November). The influence of cultural values on decision making for others versus for oneself. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Kansas City, MO.
5. Barnes, L. B., Harp, D., & Jung, W. S. (2002). Reliability generalization of scores on the Spielberger state trait anxiety inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 62, 603-618.
6. Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator - mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 1173-1182.
7. Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529.
8. Baumeister, R. F., Tice, D. M., & Hutton, D. G. (1989). Self-presentational motivations and personality differences in self-esteem. Journal of Personality, 57, 547-579.
9. Beisswanger, A. H., Stone, E. R., Hupp, J. M., & Allgaier, L. (2003). Risk-taking in relationships: differences in deciding for oneself versus for a friend. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 121-135.
10. Borresen, C. R. (1987). Decision making as a function of self and others. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 64, 1301 - 1302.
11. Brockner, J., Wiesenfeld, B. M., & Raskas, D. F. (1993). Self-esteem and expectancy-value discrepancy: the effects of believing that you can (or can't) get what you want. In R. F. Baumeister (Ed.), Self-esteem: The puzzle of low self-regard (pp. 219-240). New York: Plenum Press.
12. Brown, J. D., & Dutton, K. A. (1995). The thrill of victory, the complexity of defeat: self-esteem and people's emotional reactions to success and failure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 712-722.
13. Butler, G., & Mathews, A. (1983). Cognitive processes in anxiety. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy, 5, 51-62.
14. Butler, G., & Mathews, A. (1987). Anticipatory anxiety and risk perception. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 11, 551 - 565.
15. Coopersmith, S. (1967). The antecedents of self-esteem. San Francisco, CA: Freeman.
16. Cvetkovich, G. (1972). Effects of sex on decision policies used for self and decision policies used for other persons. Psychonomic Science, 26, 319-320.
17. Downey, G., & Feldman, S. I. (1996). Implications of rejection sensitivity for intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 1327 - 1343.
18. Eisenberg, A. E., Baron, J., & Seligman, M. E. P. (1996). Individual differences in risk-aversion and anxiety. Retrieved 23 October 2001 from http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron/amyold.html.
19. Epstein, S. (1973). Anxiety, arousal, and the self-concept. In I. G. Sarason, & C. D. Spielberger (Eds.), Stress and anxiety (Vol. 3, pp. 185-224). New York: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.
20. Goldsmith, D., & Fitch, K. (1997). The normative context of advice as social support. Human Communication Research. 23, 454 - 476.
21. Greenberg, J., Pyszczynski, T., & Solomon, S. (1995). Toward a dual-motive depth psychology of self and social behavior. In M. H. Kernis (Ed.), Efficacy, agency, and self-esteem (pp. 73-99). New York: Plenum Press.
22. Heatherton, T., & Ambady, N. (1993). Self-esteem, self-prediction, and living up to commitments. In R. Baumeister (Ed.), Self-esteem: The puzzle of low self-regard (pp. 131 - 145). New York: Plenum.
23. Hoch, S. J. (1987). Perceived consensus and predictive accuracy: the pros and cons of projection. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 22 - 32.
24. Horney, K. (1950). Neuroses and human growth. New York: Norton.
25. Hsee, C. K., & Weber, E. U. (1997). A fundamental prediction error: self-other discrepancies in risk preference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 126, 45-53.
26. Jonas, E., & Frey, D. (2003). Information search and presentation in advisor - client interactions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 91, 154-168.
27. Josephs, R. A., Larrick, R. P., Steele, C. M., & Nisbett, R. E. (1992). Protecting the self from the negative consequences of risky decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 26-37.
28. Judge, T. A., Erez, A., Bono, J. E., & Thoresen, C. J. (2002). Are measures of self-esteem, neuroticism, locus of control, and generalized self-efficacy indicators of a common core construct? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 693-710.
29. Kahneman, D., Slovic, P., & Tversky, A (Eds.). (1982). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. New York: Cambridge University Press.
30. Kray, L. J. (2000). Contingent weighting in self-other decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 83, 82-106.
31. Kray, L., & Gonzalez, R. (1999). Differential weighting in choice versus advice: I'll do this, you do that. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 12, 207-217.
32. Larrick, R. P. (1993). Motivational factors in decision theories: the role of self-protection. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 440-450.
33. Leary, M. R., & Downs, D. L. (1995). Interpersonal functions of the self-esteem motive. In M. H. Kernis (Ed.), Efficacy, agency, and self-esteem (pp. 123 - 144). New York: Plenum Press.
34. Leary, M R.. & MacDonald, G. (2003). Individual differences in self-esteem: a review and theoretical integration. In M. R. Leary, & J. P. Tangney (Eds.), Handbook of self and identity (pp. 401 - 420). New York: Guilford.
35. Loewenstein, G. F., Weber, E. U., Hsee, C. K., & Welch. N. (2001). Risk as feelings. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 267-286.
36. Marsh, H. W. (1986). Global self-esteem: its relation to specific facets of self-concept and their importance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1224 - 1236.
37. Mruk, C. (1999). Self-esteem. Boulder, CO: Westview Press Co.
38. Murray, S. L., Rose, P., Bellavia, G. M., Holmes, J. G., & Kusche, A. G. (2002). When rejection stings: how self-esteem constrains relationship-enhancement processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 556-573.
39. Plous, S. (1993). The psychology of judgment and decision making. New York: McGraw-Hill.
40. Powell, P. L., & Johnson, J. E. V. (1995). Gender and DSS design: the research implications. Decision Support Systems, 14, 27-58.
41. Preacher, K. J., & Leonardelli, G. J. (2003). Calculation for the Sobel test: An interactive calculation tool for mediation tests. Retrieved 1 July 2004 from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill website: http://www.unc.edu/~preacher/sobel/sobel.htm.
42. Raghunathan, R., & Pham, M. T. (1999). All negative moods are not equal: motivational influences of anxiety and sadness on decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 79, 56-77.
43. Raymark, P. H. (2000). Accepting and rejecting medical treatment: a comparison of decisions made for self versus those made for a significant other. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30, 2409-2436.
44. Rogers, C. R. (1951). Client-centered therapy. New York: Houghton-Mifflin.
45. Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
46. Rosenberg, M. (1979). Conceiving the self. New York: Basic Books.
47. Savage, L. J. (1954). The foundations of statistics. New York: Wiley.
48. Solomon, S., Greenberg, J., & Pyszczynski, T. (1991). A terror management theory of social behavior: the psychological functions of self-esteem and cultural worldviews. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (pp. 91 - 159). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
49. Sommer, K. L., & Baumeister, R. F. (2002). Self-evaluation, persistence, and performance following implicit rejection: the role of trait self-esteem. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 926-938.
50. Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. L., & Lushene, R. E. (1970). Manual for the state-trait anxiety inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
51. Steele, C. M. (1988). The psychology of self-affirmation: sustaining the integrity of the self. In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology (Vol. 21, pp. 261-302). New York: Academic Press.
52. Stone, E. R., Yates, A., & Caruthers, A. S. (2002). Risk taking in decision making for others versus the self. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 32, 1797-1824.
53. Swann, W. B., Stein-Seroussi, A., & Giesler, R. B. (1992). Why people self-verify. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 392-401.
54. Teger, A. I., & Kogan, N. (1975). Decision-making for others under reciprocal and non-reciprocal conditions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 14, 215-222.
55. von Neumann, J., & Morgenstern, O. (1944). Theory of games and economic behavior. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
56. Vorauer, J. D., & Ratner, R. K. (1996). Who's going to make the first move? Pluralistic ignorance as an impediment to relationship formation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 483-506.
57. Wallach, M. A., & Wing, C. W. (1968). Is risk a value? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 9, 101 - 106.
58. Watson, D., Suis, J., & Haig, J. (2002). Global self-esteem in relation to structural models of personality and affectivity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 185 - 197.
59. Yates, J. F. (1990). Judgment and decision making. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.