Luan Ziyan, Bleidorn Wiebke
Department of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, California.
J Pers. 2020 Jun;88(3):568-583. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12511. Epub 2019 Oct 17.
Achieving a clear self-view is a lifelong task that is particularly salient during adolescence. Theory and research suggest that close others' perceptions of individuals' personality may influence the formation and maintenance of coherent self-views. The degree to which adolescents develop a stable and coherent self-view, in turn, may have perennial influences on their mental health and well-being. This 1-year longitudinal study investigated the associations between the agreement of self- and other-rated Big Five personality traits and internalizing problems in adolescence.
Participants were 570 Dutch adolescents (51% girls), their mothers, friends, and siblings. We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between self-other personality agreement and internalizing problems using polynomial regression analyses and response surface analyses.
Results indicated strong main effects of self- and other-rated personality traits on internalizing problems but provided little evidence for longitudinal associations between self-other personality agreement and internalizing problems.
Our results cast doubt on the generalizability of the beneficial effects of self-other agreement documented in the adult literature to adolescents but highlight the importance of self- and other-rated personality in youth's mental health development. Discussion focuses on the theoretical implications and recommendations for future investigations of self-other agreement.
形成清晰的自我认知是一项贯穿一生的任务，在青春期尤为突出。理论和研究表明，他人对个体性格的看法可能会影响连贯自我认知的形成和维持。反过来，青少年形成稳定连贯自我认知的程度可能会对他们的心理健康和幸福感产生长期影响。这项为期一年的纵向研究调查了青少年自我与他人评定的大五人格特质的一致性与内化问题之间的关联。
参与者包括570名荷兰青少年（51%为女孩）、他们的母亲、朋友和兄弟姐妹。我们使用多项式回归分析和响应面分析来检验自我与他人人格一致性和内化问题之间的横断面和纵向关联。
结果表明，自我和他人评定的人格特质对内化问题有强烈的主效应，但几乎没有证据表明自我与他人人格一致性和内化问题之间存在纵向关联。
我们的结果对成人文献中记载的自我与他人一致性的有益影响能否推广到青少年身上提出了质疑，但突出了自我和他人评定的人格在青少年心理健康发展中的重要性。讨论集中在自我与他人一致性的理论意义以及对未来研究的建议。
