The promise of an identity-based self-affirmation intervention in protecting against self-esteem declines at the high school transition.

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-08 DOI:10.1037/dev0001789

Adam J Hoffman, Hannah L Schacter

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Given the importance of self-esteem for promoting adolescents' social, psychological, and academic adjustment and the growing importance of social identities during adolescence, this five-wave study examined whether an identity-based self-affirmation intervention attenuated declines in adolescent self-esteem following the high school transition. A sample of ninth graders in the United States (N = 388; M_age = 14.05; 60.6% female; 35.8% male; 3.6% nonbinary, trans, or identifying with another gender; 46% White, 19% Black, 17% Asian, 6% Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, 6% Biracial/Multiethnic, 3% Latinx/Hispanic, and 3% another race/ethnicity) was recruited for the study. Following completion of a baseline online survey assessing self-esteem, participants were assigned to one of three conditions and corresponding writing exercises: identity-based self-affirmation, values-based self-affirmation, or control. Participants completed the same writing exercise during the first three waves of the study, and they completed measures of self-esteem at all five waves. Results indicated that participants in the self-affirmation conditions, but not the control condition, were protected from declining self-esteem across 1 year. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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基于身份的自我肯定干预措施有望防止高中过渡时期自尊心下降。

鉴于自尊对促进青少年社会、心理和学业适应的重要性，以及社会身份在青春期日益增长的重要性，这项为期五波的研究考察了基于身份的自我肯定干预是否能缓解高中过渡时期青少年自尊的下降。本研究招募了美国九年级学生样本（N = 388；Mage = 14.05；60.6% 为女性；35.8% 为男性；3.6% 为非二元、变性或认同其他性别者；46% 为白人，19% 为黑人，17% 为亚洲人，6% 为阿拉伯人、中东人、北非人，6% 为双种族/多种族人，3% 为拉丁美洲人/西班牙人，3% 为其他种族/人种）。在完成评估自尊的基线在线调查后，参与者被分配到三种条件之一和相应的写作练习中：基于身份的自我肯定、基于价值观的自我肯定或对照组。参与者在研究的前三波中完成了相同的写作练习，并在所有五波中完成了自尊测量。结果表明，在自我肯定条件下，而不是在对照条件下，参与者的自尊心在一年内不会下降。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.80

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2.50%

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329

期刊介绍： Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.