When self-worth is threatened: the role of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in desire for social affiliation.

• Main Author: Wu, Jinghang.
• Other Authors: Joyce Pang Shu Min
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48846
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Even though social affiliation is largely beneficial in times of threat, certain dispositions may hinder people from tapping on this useful resource. We are interested in how perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth may affect people’s social affiliation desires after a threat. We threatened pa...