Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 15-20.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.01.03

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Self-esteem Development in Children and Adolescents: Theory Construction and Empirical Studies

ZHANG Xiangkui1,2, ZU Jing2, ZHAO Yuetong2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology and Research Center of Children Development of Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024;
    2. Department of Education of Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024
  • Online:2015-01-15 Published:2015-01-15

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Abstract: Self-esteem is an important psychological resource consisting of ability and value. It is also the core of individual mental health. We have already been constructing theories and experimenting on self-esteem for years. The theory construction includes the search for the connotation and nature of self-esteem together with the construction of "inverted pyramid" structure model of self-esteem. Meanwhile, we have applied various methods to do a mount of empirical research on the development of individual self-esteem including the observational study on infants' early self-esteem, the study on the relationship between primary school students' self-esteem development and their adaptation to school, horizontal and vertical comparison of the characteristics of adolescents' self-esteem, the study on the relationship between special groups' self-esteem and mental health. Besides, we have analyzed the buffering function of self-esteem towards negative emotions by including failure in lab and memory preference and emotional reaction among tested participants of different self-esteem types. The above studies contribute to enriching the domestic research findings in the field of self-esteem.

Key words: self-esteem, school adaptation, mental health, children and adolescents

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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