Origins of adolescents' ideal self: An intergenerational perspective.
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The present longitudinal study traced the ideal self of 120 adolescents to the ideals that parents hold for themselves and for their children. Ideals were assessed using Q sorts for personality attributes and life goals. After permutation analysis was used to control for random similarity, moderate parent-child ideal-self similarity was evident. Three intermediate transmission steps accounted for this intergenerational similarity: (a) transfer of parents' ideal self to ideals for their children, (b) children's perception, and (c) acceptance of these parental ideals. The last 2 processes related to parenting practices, with parental warmth augmenting parent-child concordance and restrictiveness reducing it. Compared with boys' ideal self, that of girls was more similar to the ideals that parents hold for their children and for themselves. Analyses of patterns over time suggested a growth of ideal-self stability across adolescence.
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Future self- and identity-based theories are of questionable value in informing young learner teaching because psychological evidence suggests that ideal selves only take shape in early adolescence.
“The future self- and identity-based theories which have recently dominated thinking about L2 motivation are of questionable value in informing young learner teaching, for psychological evidence suggests that ideal selves only take shape in early adolescence (Zentner 2007).”
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- Authors
- Zentner, M., & Renaud, O.
- Affiliations
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 92
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 557-574
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2113819132
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Jacobs Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- ideal self, adolescents, intergenerational transmission, parent-child similarity, parenting practices, parental warmth, gender differences, life goals, personality traits
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Parenting, Intergenerational Relations
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