GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-CONSISTENCY - EVIDENCE FROM AN INVESTIGATION OF SELF-CONCEPT STRUCTURE
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SELF-CONSISTENCY - EVIDENCE FROM AN INVESTIGATION OF SELF-CONCEPT STRUCTURE
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DOI：
10.1007/bf01538723
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发表时间：
1988-02-01
影响因子：
4.9
通讯作者：
ELLIOTT, GC
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作者：
ELLIOTT, GC
本研究探讨了自我概念的两个主要动机成分：自尊和自我一致性之间的关系。过去的研究表明，高自尊与更强的一致性有关。从自我概念的理论发展而来，一个将这两个构念联系起来的结构模型被假设为：(1)自尊在因果关系上先于自我一致性，(2)自尊的影响（至少部分地）被自我概念的其他成分（自我意识、幻想倾向和通过隐藏自己的感受来呈现虚假表象的倾向）所中介。利用未观察变量的结构方程模型，同时对8-19岁的男孩和女孩样本数据分别进行协方差结构分析。结果表明，自尊对自我一致性的直接影响在男生中强于女生。此外，其他自我概念成分的中介性质也存在性别差异。这些差异是根据社会化理论来解释的。
This study investigates the relationship between two primary motivational components of the self-concept: self-esteem and self-consistency. Past research has shown that high self-esteem is associated with greater consistency. Developed from theories of the self-concept, a structural model relating these two constructs was posited such that (1) self-esteem is causally prior to self-consistency, and (2) the effect of self-esteem is (at least partially) mediated by other components of the self-concept (self-consciousness, the tendency to fantasize, and the tendency to present a false front by hidng one''s feelings). Utilizing a structural equation model with unobserved variables, an analysis of covariance structures was applied simultaneously but separately to data from a sample of boys and girls (ages 8-19). Results showed that the direct effect of self-esteem on self-consistency was stronger for boys than for girls. Further, the mediational properties of the other self-concept components also varied across gender. These differences are interpreted in light of theories of socialization.