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Public Self-consciousness in Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Females

出版	Palo Alto University, 2010
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=p4n7jgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Perceived pubertal timing, menarche, and hormone level change on public self-consciousness were investigated in two experiments using two data samples from 1984. The first experiment was a cross sectional 1-year longitudinal study that examined 556 Caucasian girls in grades 6 through 9 and the second experiment was a 4-year longitudinal study that observed 146 Caucasian girls starting in fall of 6th grade through the spring of 9th grade. Public self-consciousness was measured according to a modified version of the Fenigstein, Scheier, & Buss (1975) public self-consciousness scale. A significant quadratic trend of public self-consciousness was found based on hormone level change, with self-consciousness at its lowest level two years before menarche, at its strongest increase between 1.5 years and 1 year before menarche, and then at a lower level between six months before menarche and six months after menarche. The results showed a rise and fall pattern of self-consciousness during puberty, which indicates biological functions as a significant contributor to adolescent self-consciousness development. Additionally, it was found that girls who perceived themselves as early pubertal maturers had higher self-consciousness than girls who perceived themselves as late or on-time pubertal maturers.