Self-presentation, embarrassment, and facework as a function of self-evaluation, conditions of self-presentation, and feedback from others

96 female undergraduates who had failed or succeeded on an anagrams test (high or low self-evaluation) described themselves to another s when they either did or did not expect to meet her and when she would or would not know the s's name (public vs. Private). Ss then received positive or negative feedback. There was no between-condition differences in the direction of ss' self-presentations, but those low in initial self-esteem (measured …