TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural Bases for Self-Evaluation: Seeing Oneself Positively in Different Cultural Contexts
AU - Regalia, Camillo
AU - Manzi, Claudia
AU - Brambilla, Maria
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one’s surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and theories differ about whether individuals must personally endorse the value priorities involved. We compared the influence of four bases for self-evaluation (controlling one’s life, doing one’s duty, benefitting others, achieving social status) among 4,852 adolescents across 20 cultural samples, using an implicit, within-person measurement technique to avoid cultural response biases. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses showed that participants generally derived feelings of self-esteem from all four bases, but especially from those that were most consistent with the value priorities of others in their cultural context. Multilevel analyses confirmed that the bases of positive self-regard are sustained collectively: they are predictably moderated by culturally normative values, but show little systematic variation with personally endorsed values.
AB - Several theories propose that self-esteem, or positive self-regard, results from fulfilling the value priorities of one’s surrounding culture. Yet, surprisingly little evidence exists for this assertion, and theories differ about whether individuals must personally endorse the value priorities involved. We compared the influence of four bases for self-evaluation (controlling one’s life, doing one’s duty, benefitting others, achieving social status) among 4,852 adolescents across 20 cultural samples, using an implicit, within-person measurement technique to avoid cultural response biases. Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses showed that participants generally derived feelings of self-esteem from all four bases, but especially from those that were most consistent with the value priorities of others in their cultural context. Multilevel analyses confirmed that the bases of positive self-regard are sustained collectively: they are predictably moderated by culturally normative values, but show little systematic variation with personally endorsed values.
KW - culture
KW - self-esteem
KW - culture
KW - self-esteem
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/55345
U2 - 10.1177/0146167214522836
DO - 10.1177/0146167214522836
M3 - Article
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 40
SP - 657
EP - 675
JO - PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETTIN
JF - PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETTIN
ER -