Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? A Theoretical and Empirical Review.

Terror management theory (TMT; J. Greenberg, T. Pyszczynski, & S. Solomon, 1986) posits that people are motivated to pursue positive self-evaluations becau...

Pyszczynski，Tom，Greenberg，... - 《Psychological Bulletin》

Why Do People Need Self-Esteem? Converging Evidence That Self-Esteem Serves an Anxiety-Buffering Function.

Three studies were conducted to assess the proposition that self-esteem serves an anxiety-buffering function. In Study 1, it was hypothesized that raising ...

Greenberg，Jeff，Pyszczynski，... - 《Journal of Personality & Social Psychology》

Why do people use Facebook?

factors contribute to the need to belong, whereas neuroticism, narcissism, shyness, self-esteem and self-worth contribute to the need for self-presentation...

SG Hofmann，A Nadkarni - 《Pers Individ Dif》

Why Do We Need What We Need? A Terror Management Perspective on the Roots of Human Social Motivation

In this article, we use terror management theory to address the question of why people are motivated to achieve a variety of specific psychological endstat...

T Pyszczynski，Jeff Greenberg and Sheldon Solomon - 《Psychological Inquiry》

Do People Need Self-Esteem?

In this article, we use terror management theory to address the question of why people are motivated to achieve a variety of specific psychological endstat...

J Crocker，N Nuer

Exploring the impact of sports participation on the body image and self-esteem of female adolescents

(2004). Why dopeople needOktan V, Şahin M. Examination of the relationship between the body image and self-esteem of female adolescents. Uluslararasi...

ACM Mattison - Dissertations & Theses - Gradworks

Self‐Esteem: A Human Solution to the Problem of Death

address some common questions and criticisms of the theory such as how is a TMT view of anxiety consistent with evolutionary principles, why do people commit suicide, and how is self-esteem pursued in non-Western, self-effacing ...

J Schimel，M Landau，J Hayes - 《Social & Personality Psychology Compass》

Why do people use facebook?

factors contribute to the need to belong, whereas neuroticism, narcissism, shyness, self-esteem and self-worth contribute to the need for self-presentation...

K Wise

Why Do People Donate? A Model of Willingness to Donate

Why do individuals give to charity? To be effective at fundraising, non-profit organizations need a thorough understanding of giving motives. This paper proposes a model of donation, incorporating traits and motivations of donors. Traits...

Steve W. Edison