In a research that looked mainly at how failure feedback affects subsequent performance on similar tasks and whether failure affects high and low self-esteem persons differently, brown and dutton (1995) found that people who score high on self-esteem tend to:

Accept their failure and tend to put more effort in the next task

Explanation:

Brown and Dutton conducted a number of research studies on self-esteem and that how people with high self-esteem and low self-esteem reacted to failure and success. On multiple occasions, they found that people with high self-esteem believed in their actions and were quick to accept lacking int their effort or strategy that led to the failure. Also, people with high self-esteem tend to perform even better on the next task by avoiding the steps they believed led to their failure. Hence, using their failed attempt and experience to improve their performance.

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