study of decline of self-esteem in puberty

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380923
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Kato Hiromichi 北海道大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (20399231)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OTA Masayoshi 常葉大学, 教育学部, 講師 (10635048)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 思春期 / 自尊感情 / 自尊心 / 縦断研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine a relationship between a development of thinking and self-esteem in puberty. We designed a longitudinal study and 1,898 junior high school students was selected as our participants. We administered questionnaire that comprised scales of self-esteem and critical thinking disposition at three time points across three years of junior high school.
As a result of that, we found that the development of critical thinking disposition was a factor that cause a decline of self-esteem in short term, but was a factor that protect a excessive decline of self-esteem.

Free Research Field

発達心理学