title: The self as a mediator between personality and adjustment.
abstract: The self can be conceptualized as a mediating agent that translates personality into situated goal-directed activities and adaptation. This research used a level-of-analysis approach to link personality dimensions (Level I) to self-systems (Level II) and to teacher ratings of adjustment in African American, Mexican American, and European American students (N = 317). The authors hypothesized that links among aspects of self-esteem and teacher ratings of adjustment would be domain specific, and those links to dimensions of the 5-factor model would reflects the domain specificity. Structural equation modeling corroborated hypotheses about domain specificity in links between adjustment and 5-factor dimensions. Results were discussed in terms of levels of analysis for personality structure, personality development, and age-related adaptations to social contexts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4235, USA.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Graziano
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jensen-Campbell
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Finch
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011779:Q-Sort; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*