Abstract
The study examined the relations between adolescents’ self-esteem and two aspects of values: content and congruence with classmates. Using a large sample of Israeli adolescents (N = 1,683; Mage = 14.36, SD = 2.24, range = 11–18, 54.31% females), we found that self-esteem related negatively to self-enhancement values and positively to conservation values using zero order correlations. Multilevel polynomial regressions, controlling for demographic differences, found significant quadratic associations of self-esteem with self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness-to-change, and conservation values. Furthermore, using Response Surface Analyses, it was found that adolescents who were congruent with their classmates’ self-enhancement and self-transcendence values showed the highest levels of self-esteem. The findings point to the importance of social context for the relations between values and self-esteem among adolescents.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 207-223 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | European Journal of Social Psychology |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- adolescence
- polynomial- regression
- response surface analysis
- self-esteem
- values
- values-congruence
- values-fit