%0 Journal Article
%T The Dyadic Nature of Self
%A Nickola C. Overall
%A Shanuki D. Jayamaha
%J Social Psychological and Personality Science
%@ 1948-5514
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1948550617750734
%X The current research tested an important way one person¡¯s self-evaluations could shape their intimate partner¡¯s self-evaluations. We predicted that greater self-esteem would predict greater efficacy and esteem support when partners needed support, which would facilitate greater efficacy and self-esteem in partners. We examined these processes within discussions in which one partner could provide support (support provider) to the other (support recipient). Study 1 illustrated that self-esteem was specifically associated with esteem support. Study 2 demonstrated that support providers higher in self-esteem experienced greater efficacy during couples¡¯ support discussions and thus delivered greater esteem support to their partners. Greater esteem support, in turn, was associated with recipients experiencing greater efficacy within couples¡¯ discussions and greater self-esteem across time. Analyses of alternative explanations indicated these processes were unique to self-esteem and esteem support. The results provide initial evidence that self-esteem and efficacy shape, and are shaped by, esteem-related support processes within relationships
%K self-esteem
%K self-efficacy
%K social support
%K intimate relationships
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1948550617750734