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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
psychology
Cultural Bases for Self-Evaluation: Seeing Oneself Positively in Different Cultural Contexts
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Volume 40, No. 5, Year 2014
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Description
Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one's surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and theories differ about whether individuals must personally endorse the value priorities involved. We compared the influence of four bases for self-evaluation (controlling one's life, doing one's duty, benefitting others, achieving social status) among 4,852 adolescents across 20 cultural samples, using an implicit, within-person measurement technique to avoid cultural response biases. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses showed that participants generally derived feelings of self-esteem from all four bases, but especially from those that were most consistent with the value priorities of others in their cultural context. Multilevel analyses confirmed that the bases of positive self-regard are sustained collectively: They are predictably moderated by culturally normative values but show little systematic variation with personally endorsed values. © 2014 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Becker, Maja
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Vignoles, Vivian L.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Owe, Ellinor
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Easterbrook, Matthew J.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Brown, Rupert James
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Smith, Peter Bevington
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Bond, Michael Harris
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Regalia, Camillo
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Manzi, Claudia
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Brambilla, Maria
Italy, Milan
Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore
Aldhafri, Said Sulaiman
Oman, Muscat
Sultan Qaboos University
González, Roberto
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Carrasco, Diego Andrés González
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Paz Cadena, Maria
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Lay, Siugmin
Chile, Santiago
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Schweiger Gallo, Inge
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Torres, Ana Raquel Rosas
Brazil, Joao Pessoa
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Camino, Leôncio Francisco Francisco
Brazil, Joao Pessoa
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Özgen, Emre
Turkey, Izmir
Yaşar Universitesi
Güner, Ülkü E.
Turkey, Ankara
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Yamakoǧlu, Nil
Turkey, Ankara
Bilkent Üniversitesi
Lemos, Flávia Cristina Silveira Cristina Silveira
Brazil, Belem
Universidade Federal do Pará
Trujillo, Elvia Vargas
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Balanta, Paola
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
Macapagal, Ma Elizabeth J.
Philippines, Quezon City
Ateneo de Manila University
Cristina Ferreira, M.
Brazil, Sao Goncalo
Universidade Salgado de Oliveira
Herman, Ginette
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
de Sauvage, Isabelle
Belgium, Louvain-la-neuve
Université Catholique de Louvain
Bourguignon, David
France, Nancy
Université de Lorraine
Wang, Qian
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Fülöp, Márta
Hungary, Budapest
Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
Harb, Charles
Lebanon, Beirut
American University of Beirut
Chybicka, Aneta
Poland, Gdańsk
Uniwersytet Gdanski
Mekonnen, Kassahun Habtamu
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa University
Martin, Mariana
Namibia, Windhoek
University of Namibia
Nizharadze, George
Georgia, Tbilisi
Free University of Tbilisi
Gavreliuc, Alin
Romania, Timisoara
Universitatea de Vest Din Timișoara
Buitendach, Johanna Hendrina
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Valk, Aune
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Koller, Sílvia Helena
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Statistics
Citations: 81
Authors: 40
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0146167214522836
ISSN:
01461672
e-ISSN:
15527433
Study Design
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Cohort Study
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