Subjects were induced to play the role of a reprehensible person in response to a series of moral dilemmas. They then learned from audience feedback that they had succeeded or failed in their role-playing task. High self-monitors showed higher self-esteem after success than failure; low self-monitors showed higher self-esteem after failure than success. Results are discussed in terms of the relative importance of self-presentational content in coping with the implications of audience feedback
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