Adolescent self-consciousness: Longitudinal age changes and gender differences in two cohorts
Adolescent self-consciousness: Longitudinal age changes and gender differences in two cohorts
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-7795.2004.01401001.x
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发表时间：
2004-01-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Gerrard, M
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作者：
Rankin, JL;Lane, DJ;Gerrard, M
青春期经常被描述为一个普遍的自我意识的时期，但在青春期的年龄相关的高峰并不一致，更高的自我意识在女孩经常获得，但没有预测的理论帐户。两组青少年（N = 393），最初在13和15岁进行评估，在4年内完成了3次公共和私人自我意识测量。他们还报告了社会比较和社会参与。在纵向和兄弟姐妹复制样本中，两个队列的公共自我意识下降，私人自我意识增加，女孩在这两项指标上的得分更高（n = 188）。公众的自我意识似乎是对青少年社会挑战的一种规范性反应，女孩的自我意识水平较高主要是因为她们更密切地参与社会。私人自我意识在青少年时期表现为个体差异，但在成年期更有可能突出并预测社会行为。
Adolescence is frequently described as a period of pervasive self-consciousness, but an age-related peak in adolescence is not consistently obtained and higher self-consciousness in girls is frequently obtained but not predicted by theoretical accounts. Two cohorts of adolescents (N = 393), initially assessed at 13 and 15, completed public and private self-consciousness measures 3 times in 4 years. They also reported social comparisons and social engagement. Public self-consciousness decreased and private self-consciousness increased in both cohorts, and girls scored higher on both measures, both in longitudinal and sibling replication samples (n = 188). Public self-consciousness appears to be a normative response to adolescent social challenges, with girls' higher levels largely attributable to their closer social engagement. Private self-consciousness emerges as an individual difference in adolescence but is more likely to be salient and predictive of social behavior in adulthood.