Self-appraisals, actual appraisals and reflected appraisals of preadolescent children

Author(s)
Andreas Hergovich, Ulrike Sirsch, Martin Felinger
Abstract

The relationship between children's self-perceptions, children's perceptions of others' appraisal (i.e., reflected appraisals) and others' actual appraisals reported by mothers, fathers and teachers were examined. The Self-Description Questionnaire 1 (Marsh, 1988) was presented to 428 children. Parents and teachers were given an adapted form. Additionally, children were asked for reflected appraisals of their mothers, fathers and teachers according to the scales of the SDQ1. Results suggest that the reflected appraisal process is in fact more complicated than originally assumed by the theorist of symbolic interactionism. Thus, besides direct effects from actual appraisal on reflected appraisal and reflected appraisal on self-appraisal, there are also indications of an effect by actual appraisals on self- and reflected appraisals, especially for academic self-concept. Furthermore, results indicate that different significant others have a different impact on the self-perceptions of preadolescent children.

Organisation(s)
Journal
Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
Volume
30
Pages
603-612
No. of pages
10
ISSN
0301-2212
Publication date
2002
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
5010 Psychology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/a8590f06-0aa0-4c38-aee4-7e03403862ac