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School Life and Adolescents' Self-Esteem Trajectories

Morin, Alexandre J S, Maïano, Christophe, Marsh, Herbert W, Nagengast, Benjamin, Janosz, Michel·2013·Child Development

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This study investigates heterogeneity in adolescents' trajectories of global self-esteem (GSE) and the relations between these trajectories and facets of the interpersonal, organizational, and instructional components of students' school life. Methodologically, this study illustrates the use of growth mixture analyses, and how to obtain proper student-level effects when there are multiple schools, but not enough to support multilevel analyses. This study is based on a 4-year, six-measurement-point, follow-up of 1,008 adolescents (Mage = 12.6 years, SD = 0.6 at Time 1.) The results show four latent classes presenting elevated, moderate, increasing, and low trajectories defined based on GSE levels and fluctuations. The results show that GSE becomes trait-like as it increases and that school life effects, moderated by gender, played an important role in predicting membership in these trajectories.

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Authors
Morin, A. J. S., Maïano, C., Marsh, H. W., Nagengast, B., & Janosz, M.
Affiliations
  • Western Sydney University (AU)
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais (CA)
  • King Saud University (SA)
  • University of Tübingen (DE)
  • Université de Montréal (CA)
Corresponding author
Morin, Alexandre J S
Venue
Child Development
Published
2013-11-01
Volume
84
Issue
6
Pages
1967-1988
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W1996344007
Cited by
112
References
104
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
Keywords
global self-esteem, adolescents, school life, school climate, instructional climate, growth mixture modeling, latent classes, gender differences, self-esteem stability
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attitude, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Personal Satisfaction, Prospective Studies, Self Concept, Social Environment, Social Perception, Students, Teaching, Organizational Culture

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