Ward L Monique
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Dev Psychol. 2004 Mar;40(2):284-94. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.40.2.284.
Although concern is often expressed that frequent media exposure may adversely affect the self-esteem and racial self-esteem of African American youths, evidence to support this assumption has been limited. To examine this issue, the author collected data among 156 African American high school students, testing connections among racial self-esteem, three dimensions of self-esteem, and multiple forms of media use. Whereas initial comparisons revealed media use to be a negative correlate of self-esteem, further analysis demonstrated that this association varied depending on the media genre and the domain of self in question, the content of students' media diets, and the individual characteristics of the viewer. In addition, both stronger identification with popular Black characters and greater religiosity emerged as possible protective factors.
尽管人们常常担心频繁接触媒体可能会对非裔美国青少年的自尊和种族自尊产生不利影响，但支持这一假设的证据一直有限。为了研究这个问题，作者收集了156名非裔美国高中生的数据，测试种族自尊、自尊的三个维度以及多种媒体使用形式之间的联系。虽然初步比较显示媒体使用与自尊呈负相关，但进一步分析表明，这种关联因媒体类型、所讨论的自我领域、学生媒体消费的内容以及观众的个人特征而异。此外，对受欢迎的黑人角色的更强认同和更高的宗教虔诚度都可能是保护因素。
