The attractiveness of self-presentation in the social and instrumental sphere in situations of threat to the self in women and men with different self-esteem
The attractiveness of self-presentation in the social and instrumental sphere in situations of threat to the self in women and men with different self-esteem

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of experimental research was to establish the role of self-esteem and type of threat in the attractiveness of self-presentation in women and men in the social and instrumental sphere. Research carried out in a group of 120 persons showed that self-esteem differentiated self-presentation attractiveness differently among women and men. In the female group, independently on the situation and declared effort to express particular features, subjects with low self-esteem were more attractive in the social sphere than persons with high self-esteem, however, they did not differ in the attractiveness of the instrumental sphere. And in the group of men, independently of the situation, high self-esteem persons were more attractive in the instrumental sphere than low self-esteem persons, but in the social sphere, in a neutral situation equal as well as social threats, low-self-esteem people were estimated higher than high self-esteem people. Research has shown small sex differences in the range of motivation and attractiveness of self-presentation.

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