Values and adolescents' self-esteem: The role of value content and congruence with classmates |
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Authors: | Maya Benish-Weisman Ella Daniel Kristina L. McDonald |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;2. University of Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel;3. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
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Abstract: | The study examined the relations between adolescents’ self-esteem and two aspects of values: content and congruence with classmates. Using a large sample of Israeli adolescents (N = 1,683; Mage = 14.36, SD = 2.24, range = 11–18, 54.31% females), we found that self-esteem related negatively to self-enhancement values and positively to conservation values using zero order correlations. Multilevel polynomial regressions, controlling for demographic differences, found significant quadratic associations of self-esteem with self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness-to-change, and conservation values. Furthermore, using Response Surface Analyses, it was found that adolescents who were congruent with their classmates’ self-enhancement and self-transcendence values showed the highest levels of self-esteem. The findings point to the importance of social context for the relations between values and self-esteem among adolescents. |
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Keywords: | adolescence polynomial- regression response surface analysis self-esteem values values-congruence values-fit |
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