Journal article
Music self-concept and self-esteem formation in adolescence: A comparison between individual and normative models of importance within a latent framework
Psychology of Music, Vol.45(6), pp.763-780
11/2017
DOI: 10.1177/0305735616672317
Abstract
We examined the possible effects of six dimensions of music self-concept on determination of self-esteem, through the application of models based on individual and normative-group importance. Previous studies have supported the individual model of importance in narrowly defined self-domains such as spiritual self-concept that might be unimportant for most people, but very important for some people. However, results from more recent studies of spiritual, academic, and physical self-concepts involving latent variable methodologies support the normative-group model. Here, we extended the use of latent variable methods to music self-concept using a sample of 512 junior high students (11–16 years old). Our results for music-reading skills supported the individual importance model rather than the normative-group importance model. Additional results revealed that singing, instrument playing, and the importance of instrument playing had direct rather than interactive linkages with self-esteem. Collectively, these results highlight differential effects of performance (singing, instrument playing) and knowledge (reading) on self-esteem, and imply that strategies to enhance self-esteem may vary within different domains of music instruction and participation. At a more general level, the findings together with those from previous studies indicate that interconnections between specific and global aspects of self-concept vary across domains and are more complex than previously thought.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Music self-concept and self-esteem formation in adolescence: A comparison between individual and normative models of importance within a latent framework
- Creators
- L. Francesca ScalasHerbert W MarshWalter VispoelAlexandre J. S MorinZhonglin Wen
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychology of Music, Vol.45(6), pp.763-780
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; London, England
- DOI
- 10.1177/0305735616672317
- ISSN
- 0305-7356
- eISSN
- 1741-3087
- Grant note
- DP130102713; DP140101559 / Australian Research Council (https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000923)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2017
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9983993497302771
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