title: The structure of the self-concept and its relation to psychological adjustment.
abstract: Research on the relation between the structure of the self-concept and psychological adjustment has produced seemingly inconsistent findings. Some research suggests that greater pluralism in self-concept structure enhances adjustment, whereas other research suggests that greater unity in the structure enhances adjustment. Four studies examined the relations among measures of self-concept structure and their relations with adjustment. The measures of self-concept structure included two that we viewed as reflecting self-concept pluralism (self-complexity and self-concept compartmentalization) and four that we viewed as reflecting self-concept unity (self-concept differentiation, self-concept clarity, self-discrepancies, and the average correlation among participants' self-aspects). The measures of self-concept pluralism were unrelated to one another, were unrelated to the measures of self-concept unity, and were unrelated to the measures of adjustment. The measures of self-concept unity were moderately related to one another and were moderately related to the measures of adjustment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Jennifer D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Sunaina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Assanand
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Paula
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology