Self-discrepancy in adolescence: Own and parental standpoints on the self

Author(s): Wiebe, V. J.

Journal/Book: Merrill Palmer Quart J Devel. 1999; 45: 4809 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48201-1309, USA. Wayne State Univ Press. 624-649.

Abstract: Adolescence ushers in a period of growth in the capacity to represent multiple perspectives on the self. The capacity to represent multiple perspectives may increase the risk of detecting self-discrepancies. Results confirmed that self-discrepancy, independent of actual-self positivity, was predictive of internalizing and externalizing problems. For adolescent girls, discrepancy with parental standards predicted functioning, regardless of whether these standards were adopted as their own (identified parental standards) or not (introjected parental standards). Discrepancy with self-standards that were independent from parents also predicted externalizing problems in girls. For adolescent boys, discrepancy with independent standards, but not parental standards, predicted internalizing problems. Results suggest that the relevance of own versus parental standards for self-regulation is gender specific.

Note: Article Moretti MM, Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Psychol, 8888 Univ Dr, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CANADA

Keyword(s): SEX-DIFFERENCES; COGNITIVE STRUCTURES; EMOTIONAL AUTONOMY; GENDER DIFFERENCES; DEPRESSION; TRANSGRESSIONS; SOCIALIZATION; VULNERABILITY; CONSTRUALS; ADULTHOOD

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