Mathias Jaimi L, Biebl Sara J W, Dilalla Lisabeth F
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, IL 62901, USA.
J Genet Psychol. 2011 Jul-Sep;172(3):285-92. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2010.530702.
Although the existing literature addressing the relation between self-esteem and externalizing problems is inconsistent, it appears that accuracy of self-esteem ratings may be an important factor to consider. However, no studies to date have explored this with preschool-aged children. In this study, the authors investigated differences in externalizing problems between underraters, realistic raters, and overraters of self-esteem of 5-year-old boys in three domains: cognitive competence, physical competence, and peer acceptance. Compared to teacher ratings of competence, boys who overrated their cognitive competence and peer acceptance were more likely to be rated by teachers as exhibiting more externalizing problems the following year. Findings suggest that overconfidence may have important implications for the development of externalizing problems in young children.
尽管现有文献中关于自尊与外化问题之间关系的研究结果并不一致，但自尊评分的准确性似乎是一个需要考虑的重要因素。然而，迄今为止尚无研究针对学龄前儿童探讨这一问题。在本研究中，作者调查了5岁男孩在认知能力、身体能力和同伴接纳这三个领域中，自尊被低估者、自尊评估现实者和自尊高估者在外化问题上的差异。与教师对能力的评分相比，那些高估自己认知能力和同伴接纳程度的男孩，在次年被教师评定为表现出更多外化问题的可能性更大。研究结果表明，过度自信可能对幼儿外化问题的发展具有重要影响。
