Situational and Transituational Determinants of Adolescent Self-Feelings
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- David H. Demo, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Employing a new self-report technique (paging devices), the self-feelings of 35 adolescents were assessed in various naturalistic contexts. Regression analysis was used to assess the stability of self-feelings. Individuals fell into three groups: stable, oscillating, and unpredictable (the largest). For the sample as a whole, self-feelings were not influenced by the immediate context, although specific settings, activities, and others present within the contexts elicited various levels of self-feelings. More crucial for predicting the self-feelings of adolescents are such enduring characteristics as sex, social class, pubertal maturation, stability group, birth order, and number of siblings. The authors argue for a baseline conceptualization of adolescent self-conception from which fluctuations occur.
Situational and Transituational Determinants of Adolescent Self-Feelings
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- Publication
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 44, 824-833.
- Language: English
- Date: 1983
- Keywords
- Adolescents, Self image, Self efficacy, Stability