The Effects of Concealing Academic Achievement Information on Adolescents’ Self-Concept

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作者：
Baoshan Zhang
Mo Wang
Juan Li
Guoliang Yu
Yan-Ling Bi
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[1] Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Psychology
[2] University of Maryland,undefined
[3] Beijing Normal University,undefined
[4] Renmin University of China,undefined
来源：
The Psychological Record | 2011年 / 61卷
关键词：
self-esteem; self-representation; concealing achievement information; adolescents;
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Using an experimental design, the effect of concealing academic achievement information on adolescents’ self-concept was examined in the current study. Specifically, adolescents with low academic achievement and adolescents with average to high academic achievement (N = 129) were randomly assigned to different interview contexts wherein academic-achievement information could be concealed or not. Results showed that participants with low academic achievement in the concealing-achievement-information condition had higher levels of state self-esteem and more self-representation suppression. Their negative self-representation was also activated when they were under high cognitive load. Participants with high academic achievement in the condition in which positive achievement information was concealed had lower state self-esteem and activated the positive self-representation under high cognitive load. Overall, the results showed that concealing academic-achievement information can cause short-term change of self-concept for adolescents.
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