School Students Self-characterization Of The Complex Characteristics Of The Mechanism And Regulation To Explore

The final purpose for the research of self-representation is to explore the machanics of self-regulation. However, not all the attributes of self-representaion will contribute to the dynamics. Given the importance of the structural properties and guiding elements of self-representation to regulation, we choose self-complexity which represents the construct of self-knowledge and ideal self-representation which directs self-regulation as our main contents in the present study. It aims to explore the features of the cognitive representations and its relation to psychological being and peer relationship.The self-complexity model (Linville, 1987) predicts that complex individuals (who have numerous self-aspects with little overlap among them) will be buffered against the effects of stressful life events, and will experience less depression. Despite some evidence to this effect, many replication attempts have failed. The present study reexamined the definition of self-complexity as well as the predictions of its model.The reexamined model, which incorporates some of the theoretical and the methodological critiques of the original model, was then tested with middle school students. Support for a buffering effect of self-complexity was found only for minor daily life events. The implications of the findings for the study of self-knowledge and its relations to psychological well-being and peer relationship are discussed.The method of the examination of ideal self-representaion and its role in self-regulation shared the conclusion that the complexity of content of ideal self-knowledge contributes to regulation. Analysis revealed that the more complex the ideal self-representation, the less the possibility of the extreme affective reactions to external events, and it's also the case in peer relationship: the more complex the ideal self, the higher the level of peer relationship.The reconstructed model of self-representation as buffer for depression extended the self-complexity model of Linville by showing that resilience plays an important role in self-regulation.