SELF-ESTEEM MEDIATES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SELF-CONCEPT CLARITY AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE FUTURE

• Authors: Adrian Morawiak , Błażej Mrozinski , Joanna Gutral , Marzena Cypryańska , John B Nezlek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Aim: The present study was designed to examine relationships between young people’s self-concepts and their perceptions of their futures Methods: High school students (n = 347) completed measures of the two domains of self‑concept, the evaluative domain, self-esteem, and the knowledge or structural domain, self-concept clarity. They also completed two measures of perceptions of their futures, optimism and future time perspective. Results: Both measures of self-concept were positively correlated with both measures of perception of the future. For both measures of perceptions of the future, regression analyses found that when perceptions of the future were regressed onto the two measures of self-concept perceptions of the future were significantly related to only self-esteem. Relationships between perceptions of the future and self-concept clarity were not significant. Analyses of mediation found that self-esteem mediated the relationship between self-concept clarity and both measures of perceptions of the future. Conclusion: Young people with a clearer sense of self and who have higher self-esteem are more optimistic and perceive a longer future than young people with a less clear sense of self and who have lower self-esteem; however, the effects of self-concept clarity disappear after the relationship between clarity and self-esteem are taken into account.

Keywords

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self-esteem; self-concept clarity; future orientation; optimism

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 99-108

Dates

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2018-06-27

Contributors

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Adrian Morawiak

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, Warszawa, Poland

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Błażej Mrozinski

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, Warszawa, Poland

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Joanna Gutral

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, Warszawa, Poland

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Marzena Cypryańska

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Psychology, ul. Chodakowska 19/31, Warszawa, Poland

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John B Nezlek

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poznań, Poland/ College of William & Mary, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4963-3637

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20181.99.108