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The Role of Some Self-Evaluation and Self-Regulation Mechanisms in Self-Esteem Maintenance
Ivana TUCAK
Katica LACKOVIĆ-GRGIN
Zvjezdan PENEZIĆ
Marina NEKIĆ
Sažetak
In contemporary research on self there are a lot of
phenomena related to maintaining (augmenting or
repairing) self-esteem. The aim of our research was to
examine the relative impact of self-evaluation (past and
future temporal comparisons) and self-regulation (primary,
secondary, and tertiary personal control of development) on
low and high self-esteem. A short-term longitudinal study
was conducted in two phases with a one-year interval
between two measurements. In the first phase 299 subjects
aged 16-72 participated, while in the second phase 269
subjects remained. The results showed the significant role of
personal control of development and outcomes of temporal
comparisons in prediction of lower self-esteem in both
measurements. No strategy of self-evaluation or personal
control of development was a significant predictor of high
self-esteem. Results of hierarchical regression analyses in
subjects whose self-esteem decreased between two
measurements demonstrated that only primary control was a
significant predictor of self-esteem after one year. In a group
of subjects whose self-esteem increased, next to personal
control of development, the predictive value for self-esteem
after one year, although less significant, also had outcomes
of temporal comparisons. The interpreatation of these results
is in concordance with theories of temporal comparisons and
personal control of development.
Ključne riječi
self-evaluation; self-regulation; self-esteem; temporal comparisons; personal control of development
Hrčak ID:
19082
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2007.
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