Modeling the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Differentiation with the Mediation of Early Self-Expression and Identity for the Purpose of Adolescent Educational Cultural Pathology

Abstract

Background and Aim: One of the most important characteristics of adolescence is early puberty and identity changes, in the meantime, if the management of identity changes and educational and cultural issues of adolescents are not addressed, they may suffer many injuries in the next period of life. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to model the relationship between self-esteem and differentiation with the mediation of early self-expression and identity for the purpose of cultural pathology of adolescence. Methods: This research was applied in terms of quantitative method (descriptive-correlation) and in terms of purpose. The statistical population included the second high school students of district 1 of Tehran, 384 of whom were randomly selected based on Cochran's formula. The data collection tool also included a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used to verify the formal and content validity of the researcher-made questionnaire from the opinions of experts, and for the validity of the interviews, the method of transferability and review by members was used. Cronbach's alpha formula was used to calculate reliability in the quantitative part. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (structural equivalent modeling) were used for experiment and data analysis. Results: The findings showed that self-esteem with differentiation had a beta coefficient and a significant level (R2=0.101 and P<0.05). Self-expression with differentiation had a beta coefficient and significance level (R2=133 and P<0.05) and early identity also had a beta coefficient and significance level with differentiation (R2=0.369 and P<0.05). Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that self-esteem has a significant relationship with the mediation of early self-expression and identity, and therefore, the planners of the country's educational and cultural system can reduce the cultural and educational damage to self-esteem and Pay attention to the differentiation of young people along with other factors.