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| Self-concept differentiation across the adult life span | | Author(s) | Manfred Diehl, Catherine T Hastings, James M Stanton |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 4, December 2001 |
| Pages | pp 643-654 |
| Keywords | Attitude ; Well being ; Life span ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study used two measures to examine 158 adults' (80 men, 78 women, aged 20-80) self-concept differentiation (SCD) across five role-specific self-representations. Findings revealed that the two measures did not assess SCD in similar ways, and that they showed different associations with age. Specifically, the measure was not significantly related to age, whereas the second measure showed a curvilinear U-shaped association with age. The second SCD index also showed significant associations with several measures of emotional adjustment and six dimensions of psychological well-being. Additional analyses showed that age moderated the association between SCD and positive and negative psychological well-being. A high level of SCD was associated with lower positive and higher negative psychological well-being for all age groups. However, the effect was significantly more pronounced in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020206208 A |
| Classmark | DP: D:F:5HH: BG6: 7T |
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