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  • 12 - Self-Esteem, Negative Expressivity, and Partner Responsiveness

  • from Part III - Interdependence, Goal Pursuit, and Person Factors
  • Edited by Laura V. Machia, Syracuse University, New York, Christopher R. Agnew, Purdue University, Indiana, Ximena B. Arriaga, Purdue University, Indiana
  • Book:
    Interdependence, Interaction, and Close Relationships
    Published online:
    19 June 2020
    Print publication:
    18 June 2020, pp 246-266

  • Summary

    People with low self-esteem perceive their partner’s are less responsive to their needs. A widespread assumption in the literature has been that these perceptions are “all in their heads” – a projection of their own insecurities – and that their partners are actually just as responsive as are partners of people with high self-esteem. Contrary to this assumption, however, we describe research demonstrating that, in specific interactions, people with low self-esteem's partners are indeed less responsive to disclosers’ negative self-disclosures. We review evidence for the role of self-esteem in global and specific perceptions of responsiveness and actual received partner responsiveness, discuss reasons for such findings, and suggest future work to untangle mechanisms accounting for people with low self-esteems’ lower received responsiveness. We end by discussing implications for close relationships.