Authors
Roy F Baumeister, Brad J Bushman, W Keith Campbell
Publication date
2000/2
Journal
Current directions in psychological science
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
26-29
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Description
A traditional view holds that low self-esteem causes aggression, but recent work has not confirmed this. Although aggressive people typically have high self-esteem, there are also many nonaggressive people with high self-esteem, and so newer constructs such as narcissism and unstable self-esteem are most effective at predicting aggression. The link between self-regard and aggression is best captured by the theory of threatened egotism, which depicts aggression as a means of defending a highly favorable view of self against someone who seeks to undermine or discredit that view.
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RF Baumeister, BJ Bushman, WK Campbell - Current directions in psychological science, 2000