Swedish adolescents’ relational and assertive self-concepts across social contexts and relationships.

• Participants were 118 15-year –old Swedish adolescents who rated themselves on assertive and relational traits across various types of roles and relationships (e.g., as a boy/girl, with peers, parents). Analysis revealed that the adolescents’ relational and assertive ratings were context-dependent. Girls’ relational and assertive scores were independent of each other whereas boys’ relational and assertive scores were negatively related for some types of relationships. These findings underscore that traits have greater variability across social contexts than by gender.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Swedish adolescents; roles and relationships children

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