Deusinger I M
Z Gerontol. 1984 Sep-Oct;17(5):294-7.
It has been demonstrated that theoretical and empirical investigations on the structure of self-concepts open possibilities for the differential description of self-concepts. Centrality, a characteristic of structure, is the focus of this investigation and is defined via correlations: centrality is characterized by the degree of association (determined by intercorrelations) of one of the self-concepts with each of the other self-concepts. Correlational studies on 10 differentiated self-concepts, determined by the Frankfurt Self-Concept Scales FSKN, have been drawn on the analysis of the structure of self-concepts. Data of 141 elderly people (56 to 95 years old) have been compared with the results for different status groups: 100 students, 70 trainees, 202 adults. The results have supplied the following hypotheses: The 10 differentiated self-concepts are significantly intercorrelated. Several differentiated self-concepts show a different centrality in the self-structure. Self-concepts in the region of performance and self-esteem also have a central position in elderly people's self-structure. However, the aspect of performance which is represented by the self-concept of certainty on behaviour and decision seems to be less central for elderly people than for younger subjects. According to the data the self-concept of autonomy in respect to significant others is distinguished by special centrality among the differentiated psychosocial self-concepts of both elderly persons and students.
研究表明，对自我概念结构的理论和实证研究为差异化描述自我概念开辟了可能性。结构特征之一的中心性是本研究的重点，并通过相关性来定义：中心性的特征在于一个自我概念与其他每个自我概念的关联程度（由相互关联决定）。基于法兰克福自我概念量表FSKN确定的10个差异化自我概念的相关研究，已用于自我概念结构分析。141名老年人（56至95岁）的数据已与不同状态组的结果进行比较：100名学生、70名实习生、202名成年人。结果提出了以下假设：10个差异化自我概念之间存在显著的相互关联。几个差异化自我概念在自我结构中表现出不同的中心性。表现和自尊方面的自我概念在老年人的自我结构中也占据中心位置。然而，由行为和决策确定性的自我概念所代表的表现方面，对老年人而言似乎不如对年轻受试者那么核心。根据数据，在老年人和学生的差异化社会心理自我概念中，相对于重要他人的自主性自我概念具有特殊的中心性。
