TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Change and Time-Specific Variation in Global and Specific Aspects of Self-Concept in Adolescence and Association With Depressive Symptoms
AU - Kuzucu, Yaşar
AU - Bontempo, Daniel E.
AU - Hofer, Scott M.
AU - Stallings, Michael C.
AU - Piccinin, Andrea M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The first author was supported by TUBİTAK funding and second author was supported by NIH P30 DC005803 funding. Funding for this study was also supported by the Colorado Adoption Project grant HD-010333 and grant HD-036773 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Previous research has demonstrated that adolescents make differential self-evaluations in multiple domains that include physical appearance, academic competence, and peer acceptance. We report growth curve analyses over a 7-year period from age 9 to 16 on the six domains of the Harter Self-Perception Profile for Children. In general, we find little change in self-concept, on average, but do find substantial individual differences in level, rate of change, and time-specific variation in these self-evaluations. The results suggest that sex differences and adoptive status were related to only certain aspects of the participants' self-concept. Depressive symptoms were found to have significant effects on individual differences in the rate of change and on time-specific variation in general self-concept, as well as on some of the specific domains of self-concept.
AB - Previous research has demonstrated that adolescents make differential self-evaluations in multiple domains that include physical appearance, academic competence, and peer acceptance. We report growth curve analyses over a 7-year period from age 9 to 16 on the six domains of the Harter Self-Perception Profile for Children. In general, we find little change in self-concept, on average, but do find substantial individual differences in level, rate of change, and time-specific variation in these self-evaluations. The results suggest that sex differences and adoptive status were related to only certain aspects of the participants' self-concept. Depressive symptoms were found to have significant effects on individual differences in the rate of change and on time-specific variation in general self-concept, as well as on some of the specific domains of self-concept.
KW - adolescence
KW - adoption
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - self-concept
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U2 - 10.1177/0272431613507498
DO - 10.1177/0272431613507498
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900521687
SN - 0272-4316
VL - 34
SP - 638
EP - 666
JO - Journal of Early Adolescence
JF - Journal of Early Adolescence
IS - 5
ER -