Positive Developmental Changes after Transition to High School: Is Retrospective Growth Correlated with Measured Changes in Current Status of Personal Growth?
Positive Developmental Changes after Transition to High School: Is Retrospective Growth Correlated with Measured Changes in Current Status of Personal Growth?
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过渡到高中后的积极发展变化：回顾性成长与当前个人成长状况的测量变化相关吗？
DOI：
10.1007/s10964-018-0816-7
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
K.
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作者：
Iimura;S. & Taku;K.
过渡到高中通常被认为是青少年发展的一个压力转折点，但一些学生经历了个人成长（即，积极的发展变化）。研究这些积极变化背后的机制，对了解青少年在转型期的各种发展模式至关重要。然而，在这一研究领域的增长的概念仍然是未经探讨的。一些研究人员质疑，回顾性的自我报告的成长是否反映了个人成长感知的实际积极变化。我们阐述了高中过渡后的成长概念，通过检查过渡到高中后的个人成长的回顾性评估是否与测量的成长变化相关。262名日本青少年（14-16岁，50%为女孩）在过渡期前后参加了调查。我们评估了五个成长领域，包括改善与他人的关系，识别新的可能性，增加个人力量，精神成长和更大的生活欣赏感。结果表明，回顾性评估的增长和测量的变化在过渡期间呈正相关，提供的青少年报告的过渡作为一个重要的转折点，在他们的生活。在整个过渡过程中经历了显著积极变化的青少年比报告变化较少的青少年更有可能参与侵入性和故意的反刍和社会支持。总之，只有当青少年认为过渡对他们的生活有影响时，回顾性增长才与测量的变化协变。
The transition to high school is generally considered as a stressful turning point in adolescent development, but some students experience personal growth (i.e., positive developmental changes) through that experience. It is important to examine the mechanism behind such positive changes to understand various developmental patterns of adolescents during the transition. However, the concept of growth in this research area remains unexplored. Some researchers have questioned whether retrospective, self-reported growth reflects actual positive changes in the perception of personal growth. We elaborated on the concept of growth after high school transition by examining whether retrospective appraisal of personal growth after transition to high school is correlated with measured change in growth. Two hundred and sixty-two Japanese adolescents (aged 14–16 years, 50% girls) participated in surveys right before and right after transition. We assessed five domains of growth, including improved relating to others, identification of new possibilities, increased sense of personal strength, spiritual growth, and greater appreciation of life. The results showed that retrospective assessment of growth and measured change during transition were positively associated, provided the adolescents reported the transition as an important turning point in their lives. Adolescents who experienced salient positive changes across the transition were more likely to engage in intrusive and deliberate rumination and social support than adolescents who reported fewer changes. In summary, retrospective growth covaried with measured change only when adolescents perceived the transition as impactful in their lives.