青年期における自尊感情の変動性と関係的自己の可変性との関連

Abstract

本研究では, 青年期における自尊感情の高さおよび変動性が, 相手との関係に応じた自己の変化とどう関連するかを検討した. 250名の大学生を対象に質問紙調査を実施し, 自尊感情の高さ, 関係に応じた自己の変化程度, 変化動機, 変化意識を調べた(調査1). また第1調査の参加者のうち68名の大学生を対象に, 携帯メールを用いて7日間にわたる自尊感情の計測を実施し, 自尊感情の変動性を調べた(調査2). その結果, 自尊感情の高さは, 自己の変化に対して肯定的な者ほど高かった. 自尊感情の変動性は, 男性の場合, 自分の弱さを隠そうと演技をする者ほど安定しており, 女性の場合, 相手との関係において自然と自分が変化する者ほど不安定であった.

The purpose of this paper is to consider how level and instability of self-esteem are relevant to the concept of variability of self depending on oneʼs social relations. 250 university students completed questionnaires which surveyed level of self-esteem, variability of self in relation to other, motive for and sense of variability (Survey 1). Among the students who had participated in the survey, 68 students completed questionnaires through mobile texting. For seven consecutive days, the 68 students completed questionnaires that measured the level of self-esteem to evaluate their instability of self-esteem (Survey 2). The main results were as follows : Positive sense of variability was positively correlated with level of self-esteem. For men, self concept variability by way of acting in order to hide their weakness was negatively correlated with instability of self-esteem. For women, unconscious variability of self concept was positively correlated with instability of self-esteem.