A person who feels very good after receiving a compliment, but very bad after being insulted, would sore high on measures of

A person who feels very good after receiving a compliment, but very bad after being insulted, would sore high on measures of "self-esteem variability".

The connection of self-esteem variability to identity, state of mind, and conduct was explored. Self-esteem variability was estimated by figuring the standard deviation of self-appraisals made amid seven days of experience-examining. Members high in self-esteem variability were reluctant, socially on edge, and avoidant of social settings. Confidence fluctuation was mostly free of the theoretically comparative attribute of affect-intensity.