Audience and Level of Esteem as Determinants of Risk Taking
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 3 (1) , 119-122
- https://doi.org/10.1177/014616727600300122
Abstract
The effects of situationally induced self-esteem and the presence of an audience on risk preference were assessed. Fifty- four subjects manipulated for either high- or low-self-esteem performed alone, in the presence of a familiar audience, or in the presence of an unfamiliar audience. A significant Audience X Level of Esteem interaction was obtained. Low-esteem subjects relative to high-esteem subjects took significantly greater risk when per forming alone than when in front of an audience. The study provides conceptual support for other research concerning the effects of self-esteem on risk taking.Keywords
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