The Impact of School Transitions in Early Adolescence on the Self-System and Perceived Social Context of Poor Urban Youth

1994 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Seidman ◽  
LaRue Allen ◽  
J. Lawrence Aber ◽  
Christina Mitchell ◽  
Joanna Feinman
1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Seidman ◽  
J. Lawrence Aber ◽  
LaRue Allen ◽  
Sabine Elizabeth French

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi M. P. de Ruiter ◽  
Tom Hollenstein ◽  
Paul L. C. van Geert ◽  
E. Saskia Kunnen

The variability of self-esteem is an important characteristic of self-esteem. However, little is known about the mechanisms that underlie it. The goal of the current study was to empirically explore these underlying mechanisms. It is commonly assumed that state self-esteem (the fleeting experience of the self) is a response to the immediate social context. Drawing from a complex dynamic systems perspective, the self-organizing self-esteem model asserts that this responsivity is not passive or stimulus-response like, but that the impact of the social context on state self-esteem is intimately connected to the intrinsic dynamics of self-esteem. The model suggests that intrinsic dynamics are the result of higher-order self-esteem attractors that can constrain state self-esteem variability. The current study tests this model, and more specifically, the prediction that state self-esteem variability is less influenced by changes in the immediate context if relatively strong, as opposed to weak, self-esteem attractors underlie intrinsic dynamics of self-esteem. To test this, parent-adolescent dyads (N=13, Mage=13.6) were filmed during seminaturalistic discussions. Observable components of adolescent state self-esteem were coded in real time, as well as real-time parental autonomy-support and relatedness. Kohonen’s self-organizing maps were used to derive attractor-like patterns: repeated higher-order patterns of adolescents’ self-esteem components. State space grids were used to assess how much adolescents’ self-esteem attractors constrained their state self-esteem variability. We found varying levels of attractor strength in our sample. In accordance with our prediction, we found that state self-esteem was less sensitive to changes in parental support and relatedness for adolescents with stronger self-esteem attractors. Discussion revolves around the implications of our findings for the ontology of self-esteem.


Author(s):  
Serge Dupont ◽  
Benoît Galand ◽  
Frédéric Nils ◽  
Virginie Hospel Hospel

Introducción. El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo probar un modelo (basado en teoría del- auto-sistema de desarrollo motivacional que incluye, al mismo tiempo, la medida en que el contexto social proporciona la estructura de soporte, calidez y autonomía, la percepción de autonomía de los alumnos, la relación entre la competencia conductual-cognitiva y el compromiso emocional de los estudiantes.Método. Trescientos treinta y un participantes en el último año en la universidad completaron un cuestionario de auto-informe sobre las variables específicas. Se utilizaron Análisis SEM para probar nuestras hipótesis.Resultados. Los resultados revelaron que cada dimensión del contexto social se asoció con las variables autopercepción correspondientes que, a su vez, predice un mayor compromiso conductual, cognitivo y emocional. El compromiso cognitivo se predijo directamente por las tres variables de la auto-percepción e, indirectamente por un contexto social que apoye la autonomía. El contexto social estructurado se asocia indirectamente, a través de la percepción de competencia, con el compromiso conductual y emocional.Discusión y Conclusión. Dos supuestos subyacentes de la SSMMD (y más, en general, del SDT) fueron apoyados por los resultados de este estudio. Las tres dimensiones del contexto social tienen efectos específicos sobre las variables de auto-percepción y estas percepciones son mediadores de la relación entre el contexto y el compromiso del estudiante. Las tres variables de autopercepción no tienen un impacto directo sobre las dimensiones de la participación estudiantil.


1983 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Zettle ◽  
Steven C. Hayes

The present study was designed to evaluate the role of a social context in the impact of coping self-statements. It was hypothesized that the control which coping self-statements exert over anxiety-related behaviors would vary to the extent that the self-statements are socially accessible. Speech-anxious college students were randomly assigned to either a control group or to one of two experimental groups. Control subjects received no coping self-statements while subjects in both experimental groups selected the same coping self-statement. The two experimental groups differed only in whether the coping self-statement was apparently known to the experimenter. On self-report measures, only the social-context group showed improvement over those of the other two groups. The only difference among the groups on behavioral measures indicated that subjects in the social-context group had followed the coping statement by talking more slowly. The results were interpreted as possibly a function of the social contingencies established by public statements.


2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.


2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Pataki

Az én (én-rendszer) szilárdságának és változékonyságának kölcsönviszonyát gyakran és hevesen vitatják az én-pszichológia művelői. Olykor egymást kizáró ellentéteknek tekintik őket, holott kölcsönösen feltételezik egymást: a változás a stabilitást szolgálja, a stabilitás a változás révén érvényesül. Az én-rendszer alapjellegzetessége a dinamikus stabilitás. Ezt az én-funkciók stabilitása, valamint a helyzetfüggő, kontextuális én folyamatos szerkesztése biztosítja. Az én-rendszer koherenciáját az értékelő-önértékelő funkció teremti meg. Az élettörténeti forgatókönyv fordulópontjai, valamint a történeti-társadalmi sorsesemények kritikus változásokat indukálnak a rendszerben. Az ilyenkor fellépő önreflexiós kényszerrel szemben gyakran ellenállás mutatkozik. Az én-élmény s az én-rendszer stabilitásának legfontosabb funkcionális tényezői: az általános önértékelés pozitív kimenetelének tartóssága; a társválasztási autonómia érvényesülése és a társas háló arányos kiegyensúlyozottsága; az élettörténeti és önismereti narratívumok koherenciája és kidolgozottsága; a szomatikus történet alakulása és reflektáltsága.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ritu ◽  
Madhu Anand

Parental Modernity is an important aspect for the psycho-social development of the child. The present study aims to study the effect of parental modernity on rejection sensitivity and self-esteem of adolescents and the relationship between rejection sensitivity and self-esteem. The research is carried out on a sample of 240 parents (including 120 fathers and 120 mothers) and their 120 children. For observing the impact of modernity of parents on their children, Individual Modernity Scale was used and administered on father and mother. Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire and Self-Esteem Inventory were used to measure the rejection sensitivity and self-esteem of children (age ranges from 14 to 19 years). The results suggest that parental modernity has an effect on the rejection sensitivity and personally perceived self of the self – esteem of adolescents. Furthermore, the rejection sensitivity has been found negatively associated with self-esteem.


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