Relationships among evaluations of self and close others, and their effects on social adaptation

シタシイ タシャ トノ アイダ ノ ジコ タシャ ヒョウカ ノ カンケイセイ オヨビ ソレラノ ヒョウカ ガ シャカイテキ テキオウ 二オヨボス エイキョウ

コバヤシ, チヒロ

Kobayashi, Chihiro

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ タイジン シャカイ シンリガク ケンキュウシツ

親・友人からの評価

親密他者高揚

社会的適応

関係性評価

self-evaluation

evaluation from best friend and parents

close-other enhancement

social adaptation

relationship evaluation

This research investigated relationships among evaluations of self and close others, and how these evaluations influence Japanese people’s social adaptation. Two hundred and ninety six university students completed a questionnaire booklet, which consisted of evaluations toward self, their best friend, and their mother or father, and questions that asked students’ social adaptation level, such as health and good relationships. These students then asked their best friend and either their mother or father to complete a questionnaire booklet, which consisted of evaluations toward self and the student who brought the questionnaire. Results indicated that (1) students, their best friends, and their parents all evaluated their close others more positively than themselves, and (2) both positive self-evaluation of self and from their close others had positive effect on students’ social adaptation.