Self-Esteem and Future Orientation Predict Adolescents' Risk Engagement
Self-Esteem and Future Orientation Predict Adolescents' Risk Engagement
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DOI：
10.1177/0272431615602756
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发表时间：
2017-03-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
MacPhee, David
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作者：
Jackman, Danielle M.;MacPhee, David
本研究旨在探讨未来取向、自尊与青少年后期风险行为的关系，并比较自尊与未来取向作为中介变量的两个中介模型。对12至14岁的种族多样性样本（N = 862，54%女性，53%少数民族）进行了纵向评估。相关性支持的假设，即未来取向和自尊是（a）正相关（r > 0.40）和（B）负相关的各种风险行为，被合成到一个衡量的风险取向。在控制社会期望性的前提下，自尊在未来取向与后期风险取向之间起部分中介作用，未来取向在自尊与风险取向之间起部分中介作用。研究结果揭示了可能自我的概念如何影响青少年的风险规避。特别是，未来的方向和健康的自尊心都可以作为防止从事危险行为的保护因素。
This study's purpose was to examine the relations among future orientation, self-esteem, and later adolescent risk behaviors, and to compare two mediational models involving self-esteem versus future orientation as mediators. An ethnically diverse sample of 12- to 14-year-olds (N = 862, 54% female, 53% ethnic minority) was assessed longitudinally. Correlations supported the hypotheses that future orientation and self-esteem are (a) positively correlated with each other (r > .40) and (b) negatively related to various risky behaviors that were composited into a measure of risk orientation. Controlling for social desirability, self-esteem partially mediated the relation between future orientation and later risk orientation, and future orientation partially mediated the relation between self-esteem and risk orientation. The results shed light on how the concept of possible selves might factor into adolescents' risk avoidance. In particular, both future orientation and healthy self-esteem may serve as protective factors against engaging in risky behavior.