Li Qingqing, Ren Xiaomei, Zhou Zongkui, Wang Jing
Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior (CCNU), Ministry of Education, Wuhan, China.
Key Laboratory of Human Development and Mental Health of Hubei Province, School of Psychology, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jul 20;14:1207230. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1207230. eCollection 2023.
Both self-control and self-authenticity are critical to individuals' mental health and social adjustment, but their relationship has received little attention. Research demonstrates that exerting self-control could help individuals achieve true self and might be promoted by perceiving authenticity. Accordingly, this study utilized a longitudinal design and investigated the temporal relationship between self-control and self-authenticity in a large sample of 2,982 Chinese adolescents ( = 17.53, = 0.84). Correlation analysis showed that participants possessing higher self-control were associated with greater self-authenticity. Cross-lagged path analysis revealed a reciprocal relationship between self-control and self-authenticity over time. Moreover, bivariate latent change score model indicated that self-control predicted an increase in self-authenticity across time, and vice versa. Overall, this study advances our understanding and suggests that restraining temptation and impulse can promote adolescents' authenticity, and that the experience of authenticity, in turn, facilitates their self-regulation.
自我控制和自我本真对个体的心理健康和社会适应都至关重要，但它们之间的关系却很少受到关注。研究表明，实施自我控制有助于个体实现真实的自我，并且可能会因感知到本真而得到促进。因此，本研究采用纵向设计，在2982名中国青少年（平均年龄 = 17.53岁，标准差 = 0.84）的大样本中调查了自我控制和自我本真之间的时间关系。相关分析表明，具有较高自我控制能力的参与者与更高的自我本真相关。交叉滞后路径分析揭示了自我控制和自我本真随时间的相互关系。此外，双变量潜在变化得分模型表明，自我控制预测了随时间推移自我本真的增加，反之亦然。总体而言，本研究增进了我们的理解，并表明抑制诱惑和冲动可以促进青少年的本真，而本真体验反过来又有助于他们的自我调节。
