Self-esteem instability and academic outcomes in American and Chinese college students

• Autores: Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Haijiang Li, Jasmine Masri, Andrea Smith, Jennifer Vonk
• Localización: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN-e 1095-7251, Vol. 47, Nº. 5, 2013, págs. 455-463
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The connection between self-esteem instability and various academic outcomes was examined across two studies. Study 1 (N = 419) found that unstable self-esteem was associated with poor academic performance for American undergraduate college students. Further, unstable self-esteem was associated with higher levels of academic disengagement and devaluation for individuals with high levels of self-esteem. Study 2 included college students from the United States (N = 167) and China (N = 178). As in Study 1, unstable self-esteem was associated with poor academic performance and higher levels of academic devaluation for individuals with high levels of self-esteem. However, the association between unstable self-esteem and academic disengagement emerged only for American college students with high self-esteem.