The study concerning the influences of the differentiation of and flexibility of the self-concept on psychological functioning

本研究考察了整合复杂性与心理健康之间的函数关系。自我概念的整合复杂性被定义为对“应该”自我、“行为”自我和“能”自我三种自我信念之间相互关系的不一致性的容忍。其次，我们预测整个相互关系的意义将取决于“能”自我的程度。从这个角度来看，不一致的相互关系被归类为积极的不一致的相互关系（例如，HLH，高“应该”自我，低“行为”自我和高“可以”自我）和负不一致的相互关系（例如，HML）。此外，HHH表示所有维度的高分被标记为正一致相关，LLL表示所有维度的低分被标记为负一致相关。本研究采用一般健康问卷进行心理健康状况的测量。在研究1中，函数关系bet ...更多信息 本研究通过将自我概念的范围具体化到人际行为中，考察了自我的文化观对这种功能关系的影响，从而考察了自我概念与心理健康之间的整合复杂性。参与者是122名日本大学生和119名美国大学生。研究二采用性别同一性作为工作自我概念的研究领域，对245名护士进行了问卷调查，结果表明：（1）护士工作自我概念的性别同一性与工作自我概念的性别同一性之间存在着正相关关系，性别同一性与工作自我概念的性别同一性之间存在着正相关关系; MLH）与更好的精神状态有关，而负不一致的相互关系（例如，（2）积极不一致性关系与积极心理得分的相关性强于积极一致性关系（HHH）;（3）这种功能性关系在两个国家和性别认同领域都存在，因此，具有积极不一致性关系的自我概念的灵活性在社会适应中是有效的。少

In this study we examined the functional relationship between the integrative complexity and mental health. The integrative complexity of the self-concept was defined as tolerance to the inconsistency in the interrelation among the following three self beliefs "should" self "behavior" self and "can" self Secondly we predicted that the meaning of the whole interrelation would be determined by the degree of the "can" self.From this perspective, the inconsistent interrelation was classified as positive inconsistent interrelation (e.g., HLH, high "should" self, low "behavior" self and high "can" self) and negative Inconsistent Interrelation (e.g., HML). Furthermore, HHH indicating high scores in all the dimensions was labeled positive consistent interrelation and LLL with all the low scores was labeled negative consistent interrelation. To capture the mental health, we employed the General Health Questionnaire.This research comprised two studies. In Study 1, the functional relationship bet … More ween integrative complexity of the self-concept and mental health was examined by specifying the domain of the self-concept into interpersonal behavior with investigating the influence of the cultural view of the self on this functional relationship. The participants were 122 Japanese and 119 American university students. In Study 2, to examine the validity of the Study l, the gender-identity was chosen as the domain of the working self-concept for the participants of 245 nurses.The findings were :1) Positive inconsistent interrelation among the self-aspects (e.g., MLH) was related to better mental state, whereas negative inconsistent interrelation (e.g., HML) was associated with negative mental scores.2) Positive inconsistent interrelation was more strongly associated with positive mental score than positive consistent interrelation (HHH).3) This kind of functional relationship was similarly observed in both countries and in the domain of gender-identity.The flexibility of the self-concept with positive inconsistent interrelation was found to be thus effective in social adaptation. Less