Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 37-42.

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Effects of Success or Failure on Pupils’ Self-worth in Games

MA Lai-xiang1,2, KOU Yu1   

  1. 1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Department of Educational Science, Xuchang University, Xuchang 461000
  • Online:2009-10-15 Published:2009-10-15

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Abstract: 142 children from third and fourth grade participated in the present study.Through a game of sandbag carry, we examined the effect of cooperation or competition and success or failure on the sense of self-worth.Results demonstrated that the sense of self-worth was affected by individual based but not group based success or failure,in which interpersonal relationship played as a partial mediator.When faced with individual based failure,participants with high sensitivity of their ability still showed high sense of self-worth.Cooperation or competition in the game did not reveal a significant effect on the sense of self-worth.

Key words: self-worth, success, failure, game, pupils

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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