Psychological Development and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 314-321.

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A Study on College Students’ Self-Construals in the Collectivism Cultural Background

HU Jin-feng1, SUN Pei-zhen2, ZHENG Xue1, HE Zi-qiao1   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631;
    2. Department of Psychology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116
  • Online:2012-05-15 Published:2012-05-15

Abstract: To explore college students self-construals on the background of cultural integration and social change and the relationship between self-construals,self-esteem,relational harmony and subject well-being,446 college students were selected to fill questionnaires of self construals scale,self-esteem scale,relational harmony scale and subject well-being scale.The results indicated that:(1) under the background of cultural integration and social change,interdependent self-construal is the leading type of college students'self concept.College students can be divided into four types by their self-construals:binary type,independent type,interdependent type and margin type.They account for 32.5%,18.6%,18.0% and 30.9% respectively.(2) Self-construals correlates with subjective well-being;The(level of) subjecture well-being is different among different types of college students.Students with bicultural self scor the highest on subjective well-being while students with margin type score the lowest.(3) Self-esteem and relationship harmony are two mediators between self-construals and subjective well-being.Specifically,self-esteem mediates the relationship between independent self-construal and subjective well-being;Relational harmony mediates the relationship between interdependent self-construal and subjective well-being.Besides,relational harmony promotes Gstudents'self-esteem,which in turn promotes their subjective well-being.

Key words: college students, self-construals, self-esteem, relational harmony, subjective well-being

CLC Number: 

  • B844.3
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