Examining the distinction between self-enhancement and self-protection in young adults: The roles of basic need satisfaction and psychological adjustment

PSICOLOGIA Pub Date : 2021-12-20 DOI:10.17575/psicologia.v35i2.1718

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The current study explores the distinction between self-enhancement and self-protection as regards basic need satisfaction (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and psychological adjustment (i.e., global and contingent types of self-esteem and intolerance of uncertainty) in young adults. 531 undergraduates (365 females and 166 males) completed questionnaires assessing self-enhancement and self-protection, basic need satisfaction, global self-esteem, contingent self-esteem, and intolerance of uncertainty tendencies. Correlation, partial correlation, and hierarchical regression analyses were used. The results revealed that self-enhancement and self-protection were differently associated with basic need satisfaction and the other indicators of psychological adjustment. Accordingly, self-enhancement was positively predicted by need satisfaction and global self-esteem. However, self-protection was negatively predicted by these variables but positively predicted by the contingent type of self-esteem and intolerance of uncertainty. The results suggest that self-enhancement and self-protection are distinct motives. Self-enhancement is linked to psychological adjustment; whereas, self-protection is related to psychological maladjustment.

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检验年轻人自我增强和自我保护的区别：基本需求满足和心理调节的作用

目前的研究探讨了在年轻人的基本需求满足（即自主性、能力和相关性）和心理调整（即整体和偶然类型的自尊和对不确定性的不容忍）方面，自我增强和自我保护之间的区别。531名本科生（365名女性和166名男性）完成了问卷调查，评估了自我增强和自我保护、基本需求满意度、全球自尊、偶然自尊和对不确定性倾向的不容忍。采用相关、偏相关和层次回归分析。结果表明，自我增强和自我保护与基本需求满意度和其他心理调节指标有不同的相关性。相应地，自我提升被需求满足和全球自尊正向预测。然而，自我保护被这些变量负面预测，但被偶然类型的自尊和对不确定性的不容忍正向预测。研究结果表明，自我增强和自我保护是两种截然不同的动机。自我提升与心理调整有关；而自我保护则与心理不适应有关。

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PSICOLOGIA Psychology-Psychology (all)

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期刊介绍： The journal PSICOLOGIA publishes original research in the general scope of psychology and behavioral sciences. PSICOLOGIA welcomes empirical research contributions and literature revisions within specific scientific areas of Psychology.