@article{ref1,
title="Attention and memory biases for aggressive information in college students with fragile high self-esteem",
journal="International journal of psychology",
year="2020",
author="Dai, Jiaxing and Gao, Heming and Zhang, Lihua and Chen, Hong",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="In this study, we examined attention and memory biases for aggressive information in two groups of college students. Individuals with fragile high self-esteem (n = 30) and individuals with secure high self-esteem (n = 30) first performed a dot-probe task investigating attention bias, followed by a memory task. Incidental free recall of words presented in the memory task was then completed to assess memory bias. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that individuals with fragile high self-esteem exhibited significant attention and memory biases for aggressive words compared with secure high self-esteem individuals. Attention bias for aggressive words was positively correlated with memory bias in individuals with fragile high self-esteem, but no correlation was found for individuals with secure high self-esteem. These findings suggest that individuals with fragile high self-esteem selectively attend to and remember aggression-related information. They may process information in ways that are congruent with an aggression-related schema.   This study reveals the aggressive cognitive processes of individuals with fragile high self-esteem, which may be related to aggression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7594",
doi="10.1002/ijop.12683",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12683"
}