Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition

Schaffhuser, Kathrin; Allemand, Mathias; Schwarz, Beate

doi:10.1177/0272431615624841

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition
Authors:	Schaffhuser, Kathrin Allemand, Mathias Schwarz, Beate
DOI:	10.1177/0272431615624841
Published in:	The Journal of Early Adolescence
Volume(Issue):	37
Issue:	6
Page(s):	774
Pages to:	804
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Sage
ISSN:	0272-4316
Language:	English
Subjects:	Global self-esteem; Domain-specific self-concept; Self-representation; Adolescence; Gender; Puberty; School transition
Subject (DDC):	155: Differential and developmental psychology 305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income)
Abstract:	The present study investigated the development of global and domain-specific self-representations in the transition from late childhood to early adolescence and tested whether gender, puberty, and school transition help explain individual differences in change. The study was based on three measurement occasions over 2 years and included 248 adolescents (average age at T1 = 10.6 years). Findings indicated both stability and change over time. Individual differences in change were partially explained by gender and school transition. It revealed that girls experienced steeper decreasing trajectories and were more negatively affected by school transition in comparison with boys. Time-varying associations between puberty and self-representations were evident in terms of perceived pubertal timing. Findings suggest that both biological (pubertal timing) and contextual factors (school transition) play a role in explaining individual differences of self-representation level as well as their development in girls’ and boys’ transition to early adolescence.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8563
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Schaffhuser, K., Allemand, M., & Schwarz, B. (2017). Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 37(6), 774–804. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615624841

Schaffhuser, K., Allemand, M. and Schwarz, B. (2017) ‘Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition’, The Journal of Early Adolescence, 37(6), pp. 774–804. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615624841.

K. Schaffhuser, M. Allemand, and B. Schwarz, “Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition,” The Journal of Early Adolescence, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 774–804, 2017, doi: 10.1177/0272431615624841.

SCHAFFHUSER, Kathrin, Mathias ALLEMAND und Beate SCHWARZ, 2017. Development of self-esteem and self-concepts during early adolescence : the role of gender, puberty, and school transition. The Journal of Early Adolescence. 2017. Bd. 37, Nr. 6, S. 774–804. DOI 10.1177/0272431615624841

Schaffhuser, Kathrin, Mathias Allemand, and Beate Schwarz. 2017. “Development of Self-Esteem and Self-Concepts during Early Adolescence : The Role of Gender, Puberty, and School Transition.” The Journal of Early Adolescence 37 (6): 774–804. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615624841.

Schaffhuser, Kathrin, et al. “Development of Self-Esteem and Self-Concepts during Early Adolescence : The Role of Gender, Puberty, and School Transition.” The Journal of Early Adolescence, vol. 37, no. 6, 2017, pp. 774–804, https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431615624841.