Summary of Evidence

Hopes Dashed and Dreams Fulfilled: Contingencies of Self-Worth and Graduate School Admissions.

Jennifer Crocker., Samuel R Sommers., Riia K. Luhtanen. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Vol 28 No. 9, September 2002, 1275-1286

From Vulnerability to Resilience. Learning Orientations Buffer Contingent Self-Esteem From Failure

Yu, Niiya, Jennifer Crocker, and Elizabeth N. Bartmess (2004) Psychological Science Vol 15, No12, 801-805

Motivation and Self-esteem: association between goal type and well-being.