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TARGET ARTICLE: Toward a Conceptualization of Optimal Self-Esteem
- M. Kernis
- Psychology
- 1 January 2003
In this article, I present a theoretical perspective on the nature of "optimal" self-esteem. One of my major goals is to show that optimal and high self-esteem are different from each other. High… Expand
A Multicomponent Conceptualization of Authenticity: Theory and Research
- M. Kernis, Brian M. Goldman
- Psychology
- 2006
And if by chance I wake at night and I ask you who I am, oh take me to the slaughterhouse I will wait there with the lamb. —Leonard Cohen Whatever satisfies the soul is truth. —Walt Whitman I prefer… Expand
Measuring self-esteem in context: the importance of stability of self-esteem in psychological functioning.
- M. Kernis
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality
- 1 December 2005
In this article, I report on a research program that has focused on the joint roles of stability and level of self-esteem in various aspects of psychological functioning. Stability of self-esteem… Expand
Untangling the links between narcissism and self‐esteem: A theoretical and empirical review.
- J. Bosson, C. Lakey, W. Campbell, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, C. H. Jordan, M. Kernis
- Psychology
- 1 May 2008
The links among narcissism, explicit (deliberate, controllable) self-esteem, and implicit (automatic, uncontrollable) self-esteem are unclear despite numerous attempts to illuminate these links. Some… Expand
The role of authenticity in healthy psychological functioning and subjective well-being.
- Brian M. Goldman, M. Kernis
- Psychology
- 1 November 2002
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There's more to self-esteem than whether it is high or low: the importance of stability of self-esteem.
- M. Kernis, D. P. Cornell, C. R. Sun, A. Berry, T. Harlow
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 December 1993
Study 1 examined the extent to which stability and level of self-esteem predicted cognitive and emotional reactions to interpersonal feedback. Among high self-esteem individuals, instability was… Expand
Stability and level of self-esteem as predictors of anger arousal and hostility.
- M. Kernis, B. Grannemann, L. Barclay
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality and social psychology
- 1 June 1989
We examined stability of self-esteem and level of self-esteem as predictors of dispositional tendencies to experience anger and hostility. We reasoned that individuals with unstable high self-esteem… Expand
Mindfulness as a means of reducing aggressive behavior: dispositional and situational evidence.
- W. Heppner, M. Kernis, +4 authors Edward V. Cascio
- Psychology, Medicine
- Aggressive behavior
- 1 September 2008
Recent research and theory suggest that mindfulness, or enhanced attention and awareness in the present moment [Brown and Ryan, 2003], may be linked to lower levels of ego-involvement and, as a… Expand
Secure versus fragile high self-esteem as a predictor of verbal defensiveness: converging findings across three different markers.
- M. Kernis, C. Lakey, W. Heppner
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality
- 1 June 2008
Why is it that many individuals verbally rationalize and distort self-esteem threatening information? We examined whether such verbal defensiveness (Feldman Barrett, Williams, & Fong, 2002) differs… Expand
Individual differences in reactivity to daily events: examining the roles of stability and level of self-esteem.
- K. D. Greenier, M. Kernis, +4 authors T. Abend
- Psychology, Medicine
- Journal of personality
- 1 February 1999
Unstable self-esteem is thought to reflect fragile and vulnerable feelings of self-worth that are affected by specific positive and negative events. Direct evidence for this contention is lacking,… Expand