Self-Esteem Trajectories among Ethnic Minority Adolescents: A Growth Curve Analysis of the Patterns and Predictors of Change

Autor/inn/en	Greene, Melissa L.; Way, Niobe
Titel	Self-Esteem Trajectories among Ethnic Minority Adolescents: A Growth Curve Analysis of the Patterns and Predictors of Change
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 15 (2005) 2, S.151-178 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2005.00090.x
Schlagwörter	Asian Americans; Adolescents; Self Esteem; Hispanic Americans; African Americans; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Ethnicity; Attitude Change; Peer Relationship; Family Relationship; Developmental Stages; Adolescent Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Afroamerikaner; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ethnizität; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Peer-Beziehungen
Abstract	The current study presents a growth curve analysis of self-esteem among Black, Latino, and Asian American high school students. A series of hierarchical linear models were used to examine patterns and predictors of change in self-esteem over time. Results revealed an average increase in self-esteem with age. Although boys and girls experienced similar trajectories of self-esteem, ethnicity was a significant moderator of developmental change. Black adolescents reported higher self-esteem, while Asian American adolescents reported lower self-esteem, compared with their Latino peers. Latino adolescents experienced a sharper increase in self-esteem over time compared with Black adolescents. The unique and conjoint effects of adolescents' experiences with peers, family, and school were examined in relation to self-esteem trajectories. Results revealed that each perceived context was significantly associated with self-esteem trajectories when examined independently, but family experiences emerged as most strongly related to changes in self-esteem. Results underscore the need to examine change at the individual level, as well as the importance of studying the unique and conjoint effects of individual and contextual-level variables on developmental processes among ethnic minority adolescents. (Author).
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