This article explores self-esteem as an episodic self-conscious emotion. Episodic self-esteem is first distinguished from trait self-esteem, which is described as an enduring state related to the subject’s sense of self-worth. Episodic self-esteem is further compared with pride by claiming that the two attitudes differ in crucial respects. Importantly, episodic self-esteem—but not pride—is a function of social esteem: in episodic self-esteem, the subject evaluates herself in the same way in which others evaluate her. Furthermore, social esteem elicits episodic self-esteem if the values at the basis of the others’ evaluation are shared by the subject. Such sharing of values suggests that only the evaluations of those others that the subject frames as her in-group members are relevant to episodic self-esteem.

本文将自尊作为一种偶然的自我意识情感进行探讨。情节自尊首先与特质自尊区分开，特质自尊被描述为与受试者的自我价值感有关的持久状态。通过断言这两种态度在关键方面是不同的，将情节式的自尊与骄傲相比较。重要的是，情节式的自尊（而非自豪感）是社会自尊的函数：在情节式的自尊中，受试者对自己的评价与他人对自己的评价相同。此外，如果受测者共享以他人评价为基础的价值观，则社会自尊会引起情节性的自尊。这样的价值观共享表明，只有被试作为组内成员对其他人的评价与情节自尊有关。