Sailing Uncharted Waters: Adolescent Personality Development and Social Relationship Experiences During a Year Abroad
Sailing Uncharted Waters: Adolescent Personality Development and Social Relationship Experiences During a Year Abroad
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DOI：
10.1007/s10964-016-0479-1
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发表时间：
2016-11-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
Neyer, Franz J.
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作者：
Greischel, Henriette;Noack, Peter;Neyer, Franz J.
在国外度过一年对青少年的个性和人际关系发展有何影响？这一问题的研究采用前瞻性控制组设计，包括457名寄宿学生(高中交换生)和284名对照参与者(德国青少年，73.3%是女性，平均年龄=15.63，SD=0.78)，所有人在一个学年内都被评估了三次。旅居者在出发前表现出更高的外向和宜人水平，以及较低的神经质水平。纵向结果表明，交换生的开放性和宜人性轨迹有了更大幅度的提高，而神经质的增加也得到了缓冲。正如预期的那样，旅居者的社会关系表现出较高的波动性，这部分地中介了旅居者对人格发展的影响。讨论了国际青年流动对青春期个人和社会发展的作用。
How does spending a year abroad influence the personality and relationship development of adolescents? This question was studied using a prospective control group design comprising 457 sojourners (high school exchange students) and 284 control participants (German adolescents; 73.3 % female; mean age = 15.63, SD = 0.78), all of whom were assessed three times across one academic year. Sojourners demonstrated higher pre-departure levels of Extraversion and Agreeableness as well as lower levels of Neuroticism. Longitudinal results indicated a steeper increase in Openness and Agreeableness trajectories, as well as a buffered increase in Neuroticism for exchange students. As expected, sojourners' social relationships showed high fluctuation, which partially mediated sojourn effects on personality development. The role of international youth mobility for personal and social development in adolescence is discussed.