Theorists have long assumed that people's self-esteem and social relationships influence
each other. However, the empirical evidence has been inconsistent, creating substantial …

Self-esteem promises to serve as the nexus of social experiences ranging from social
acceptance, interpersonal traits, interpersonal behavior, relationship quality, and …

Research on the longitudinal association between self-esteem and satisfaction with social
relationships has led to ambiguous conclusions regarding the temporal order and strength …

Previous research on the role of self–esteem in partner relationships indicates that it is both
predictive of and predicted by variables such as relationship satisfaction. However, most of …

Debates about the benefits of self-esteem have persisted for decades, both in the scientific
literature and in the popular press. Although many researchers and lay people have argued …

The relation between self-esteem and romantic relationships has been the focus of many
research studies. In this article, we review theoretical perspectives and available evidence …

Despite the amount of attention that researchers have devoted to the topic of self-esteem,
many central questions remain unanswered. Sociometer theory addresses many such …

Objective When considering that social inclusion is a basic human need, it makes sense that
self‐esteem is fueled by social feedback and the sense of being liked by others. This is …

The authors explored the relations among self-esteem, perceived regard, and satisfaction in
dating relationships. On the basis of the dependency regulation model (T. DeHart, B …

We examined actor and partner effects of self-esteem on relationship satisfaction, using the
actor-partner interdependence model and data from five independent samples of couples …