Ecocultural effects on self-concept. A study with young indigenous people from different sociodemographic contexts

Explored self-concepts among indigenous young people from different ecocultural niches in Chiapas (Mexico). In a sample of 306 participants, three groups were contrasted: Rural young people with little formal education, university students with urban origins, and university students with rural origi...

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Published in:International journal of psychology 2015-08, Vol.50 (4), p.319-324
Main Authors: Esteban-Guitart, Moisès, Borke, Jörn, Monreal-Bosch, Pilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Bildung
Child psychology
Cultural psychology
Culture
Demography
Erziehung
Female
Gemeinschaft
Humans
Independent self
Indigenous peoples
Interdependent self
Male
Mexico
Models, Psychological
Native children & youth
Rural communities
Rural Population
Selbstkonzept
Self Concept
Self esteem
Sociodemographic variability
Sociodemographics
Soziale Identität
Soziokultureller Faktor
Umweltfaktor
Unabhängigkeit
Young Adult
Youth
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Summary:Explored self-concepts among indigenous young people from different ecocultural niches in Chiapas (Mexico). In a sample of 306 participants, three groups were contrasted: Rural young people with little formal education, university students with urban origins, and university students with rural origins. The rural individuals with little formal education were predicted to have self-concepts with more social and less personal components than the urban students showing an opposite pattern, whereas the students with rural origins were supposed to value social and personal components equally. The results supported this hypotheses. Based on ecocultural theory, effects of sociodemographic contexts on the self-concept are discussed. (ZPID).
ISSN:0020-7594
1464-066X
DOI:10.1002/ijop.12109