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Relations between trait self-esteem and event-specific shifts in self-evaluation and affect were explored in two studies of undergraduates (Ns = 170 and 198). Participants were exposed to eight scenarios in which they received positive or negative self-relevant information. In both studies, low trait self-esteem participants anticipated larger negative shifts in global self-evaluation, greater negative...