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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Japanese cultural influence on the development of competence from early-childhood to adulthood-A study of developmental social psychology based on the longitudinal and cross-sectional approach-

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610168
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionMeiji Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

FUJISAKI Machiyo  Meiji Gakuin University, Department of psychology, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (90156852)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAKATA Toshitake  Nara University, Department of sociology, Professor, 社会学部, 教授 (20008189)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Keywordsself-recognition / competence / Jananese culture / interdependent construal of self / develonmental investigation / cross-sectional study / longitudinal study
Research Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation is to clarify the developmental processes of the perceived competence in Japanese culture. Based on Harter (1987)'s theory and measurement scales on the competence, on Markus & Kitayayama(1991)'s theory of the cultural view of self, and on Takata(2000)'s scale measuring the independent/interdependent self, four investigations three cross-sectional studies on adolescence, adulthood and senescence and a longitudinal study from childhood to adolescence, were conducted.
The summary of these investigations is as follows. (1)The sub-categories of the perceived competence were almost identical with those of constitute original Harter's scale in each developmental stage. (2)It was shown from longitudinal data that the perceived competence generally decline from childhood to middle-adolescence then rise slightly in late-adolescence, and that self-evaluation on the global self-worth keeps nearly same level during these period, however. Cross-sectional studies represent that either perceived competence of many domains or global self-worth were higher in the middle-aged than in the adolescent, and higher in the elderly than in the middle-aged. (3)The differences of the independence and interdependence among each developmental stage were almost same with past findings except for some self-evaluations on the adolescent and the elderly probably derived from the sample biases. The analyses regarding the relationship between perceived competence, global self-worth, independence, and interdependence suggest that the developmental processes of perceived competence are undermined by the acquisition process of the cultural construal of self, although Harter's scale is applicable in Japanese culture.

  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2005 2003 Other

All Journal Article (6 results)

  • [Journal Article] 青年期から成人期にかけてのコンピテンスの年齢変化-文化的自己観との関連から-2005

    • Author(s)
      藤崎眞知代
    • Journal Title

      明治学院大学論叢 心理学紀要 18(印刷中)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 成人期から老年期にかけてのコンピテンスの年齢変化-文化的自己観との関連から-2003

    • Author(s)
      藤崎眞知代
    • Journal Title

      明治学院大学論叢 心理学紀要 16

      Pages: 29-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 日本人成人の相互独立性-クラスタ分析による類型的理解の試み-2003

    • Author(s)
      高田利武
    • Journal Title

      奈良大学紀要 31

      Pages: 213-233

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Developmental changes on self-perceived competence from adulthood to senescence : On the relationship with the cultural view of self.2003

    • Author(s)
      Fujisaki Machiyo
    • Journal Title

      The Meiji Gakuin Review 16

      Pages: 29-39

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The independent self characterizing Japanese adults : A tentative taxonomy Based on cluster analysis.2003

    • Author(s)
      Takata Toshitake
    • Journal Title

      Memoirs of Nara University 31

      Pages: 213-233

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Developmental changes on self-perceived competence from adolescence to Adulthood : On the relationship with the cultural view of self.

    • Author(s)
      Fujisaki Machiyo
    • Journal Title

      The Meiji Gakuin Review 18(in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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