The Plymouth Student Scientist
Document Type
Project Article
Abstract
Gender differences in self-esteem and possible selves have long been documented, in particular girls have been reported to have lower self-esteem and generate more interpersonally oriented possible selves than boys during adolescence. To explore these findings the current study wanted to look at gender differences and relationship factors i.e. attachment, in regards to possible selves. The study investigated the possible selves generated by 52 adolescents aged 13-16 years, as well as measuring their self-esteem and attachment patterns. As predicted the results supported previous findings on gender differences, with the addition of finding attachment differences. In particular insecure participants had lower self-esteem and rated hoped-for selves as less likely to occur. As expected these attachment differences were more prevalent in girls.
Publication Date
2011-12-01
Publication Title
The Plymouth Student Scientist
Volume
4
Issue
2
First Page
104
Last Page
130
ISSN
1754-2383
Deposit Date
May 2019
Embargo Period
2024-07-03
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13952
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
McClelland, Charlene
(2011)
"An examination of the present and future selves of adolescents: Investigating possible selves and self-esteem in relation to gender and attachment,"
The Plymouth Student Scientist: Vol. 4:
Iss.
2, Article 11.
Available at:
https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/tpss/vol4/iss2/11
