Adolescent Psychological and Academic Adjustment as a Function of Discrepancies between Actual and Ideal Self-Perceptions

Autor/inn/en	Ferguson, Gail M.; Hafen, Christopher A.; Laursen, Brett
Titel	Adolescent Psychological and Academic Adjustment as a Function of Discrepancies between Actual and Ideal Self-Perceptions
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39 (2010) 12, S.1485-1497 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-009-9461-5
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Development; Friendship; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Student Adjustment; Depression (Psychology); Correlation; Emotional Disturbances; Religion; Dating (Social); Measurement Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Self Esteem; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Academic Achievement; Age Differences; Grades (Scholastic); Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freundschaft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Korrelation; Gefühlsstörung; Messtechnik; Messdaten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Schulleistung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Notenspiegel
Abstract	Actual-ideal discrepancies are associated with adolescent emotional distress and there is evidence that the size of discrepancies matters. However, the direction of discrepancies has not been examined, perhaps due to limitations of widely used self-discrepancy measures. Two hundred and twelve 7th, 9th and 11th grade students (59% female) in a public school in Jamaica described their actual and ideal selves in several different domains--friendship, dating, schoolwork, family, sports, and religion/spirituality--using a Pie measure. Students also completed measures of depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and academic achievement. Discrepancies favoring the ideal self "and" those favoring the actual self were linked to depressive symptoms, low self-esteem, and poor school grades in the domains of friendship, dating, and schoolwork. Effects were stronger among older adolescents than among younger adolescents. Theories of actual/ideal self-discrepancies have focused on problems arising when the ideal self overshadows the actual self; however, the present study finds that self-discrepancies, regardless of their direction, are a liability. Implications for self-discrepancy measurement, adolescent development, and clinical practice are discussed. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10