The development of self-concept in junior high school students: A longitudinal study

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530837
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: Shiraume Gakuen University
• Principal Investigator: SAKUMA Michiko 白梅学園大学, 子ども学部, 教授 (30389853)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MATSUI Junko (NODA Junko) 東京経済大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (90413096)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OBOKATA Akiko 白梅学園大学, 子ども学部, 准教授 (00442088)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自己概念 / 中学生 / 縦断的調査 / 質問紙 / インタビュー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study longitudinally examined the development of self-concept in junior high school students through questionnaire surveys and interviews about the content and evaluation of self-concept. Self-evaluation did not clearly tend to become more negative with age, in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. Further, students' self-description pertaining to extroversion was common in all age groups.

Free Research Field

教育心理学