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%T Self-esteem regulation after success and failure to attain unconsciously activated goals %A Bongers, Karin C.A. %A Dijksterhuis, Ap %A Spears, Russell %J Journal of Experimental Social Psychology %N 3 %P 468-477 %V 45 %D 2009 %K self-esteem; unconscious goals; self-enhancement %= 2012-02-13T10:51:00Z %~ http://www.peerproject.eu/ %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-281964 %X "People are motivated to establish and maintain a positive self-image. When people fail to attain their goals self-esteem is threatened, and this elicits the motivation to protect or repair self-esteem. We investigated whether success and failure to attain goals affects self-esteem if these goals were unconsciously activated. In three experiments, we tested and confirmed the hypothesis that self-esteem is indeed affected by success and failure to attain unconsciously activated goals. In two additional experiments, we demonstrated that people were motivated to protect or restore self-esteem after failure to attain an unconsciously activated achievement goal." [author's abstract] %C USA %G en %9 journal article %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info