Self-concept at different stages of life: How do early and late adolescents and young, middle-aged, and older adults describe themselves?

IF 2.4 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

International Journal of Behavioral Development Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI:10.1177/01650254241254103

Anni Tamm, Pirko Tõugu, Tiia Tulviste

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Abstract

The study aimed to find out which differences and similarities emerge in the self-concepts of early and late adolescents and young, middle-aged, and older adults. A total of 822 participants, including 530 adolescents aged 9–19 (over 50% were girls) and 292 adults aged 20–71 (over 80% were women), from Estonia provided their spontaneous self-descriptions. Early adolescents described their preferences, appearance, family, peers, and peripheral attributes more frequently and traits, identity, and global attributes less frequently than other age groups. Late adolescents’ self-descriptions included significantly more traits and fewer social roles, identity, and family mentions than those of adults. The three adult groups were similar in the use of different attributes to describe themselves. Overall, the study suggests that early adolescents describe themselves mainly through concrete, objective attributes, late adolescents through abstract psychological attributes, and adults through social–psychological attributes.

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不同人生阶段的自我概念：早期和晚期青少年以及青年、中年和老年人如何描述自己？

这项研究旨在找出早期和晚期青少年以及青年、中年和老年人自我概念的异同。共有来自爱沙尼亚的 822 名参与者提供了自发的自我描述，其中包括 530 名 9-19 岁的青少年（50% 以上为女孩）和 292 名 20-71 岁的成年人（80% 以上为女性）。与其他年龄组相比，早期青少年更经常描述自己的喜好、外表、家庭、同伴和周边属性，而对特质、身份和整体属性的描述则较少。与成年人相比，晚期青少年在自我描述中对特质的描述明显较多，而对社会角色、身份和家庭的描述则较少。在使用不同属性描述自己方面，三个成人组的情况相似。总之，研究表明，早期青少年主要通过具体的客观属性来描述自己，晚期青少年通过抽象的心理属性来描述自己，而成年人则通过社会心理属性来描述自己。

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International Journal of Behavioral Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Behavioral Development is the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, which exists to promote the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge about developmental processes at all stages of the life span - infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. The Journal is already the leading international outlet devoted to reporting interdisciplinary research on behavioural development, and has now, in response to the rapidly developing fields of behavioural genetics, neuroscience and developmental psychopathology, expanded its scope to these and other related new domains of scholarship. In this way, it provides a truly world-wide platform for researchers which can facilitate a greater integrated lifespan perspective. In addition to original empirical research, the Journal also publishes theoretical and review papers, methodological papers, and other work of scientific interest that represents a significant advance in the understanding of any aspect of behavioural development. The Journal also publishes papers on behaviour development research within or across particular geographical regions. Papers are therefore considered from a wide range of disciplines, covering all aspects of the lifespan. Articles on topics of eminent current interest, such as research on the later life phases, biological processes in behaviour development, cross-national, and cross-cultural issues, and interdisciplinary research in general, are particularly welcome.