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PubMed1999

[Self-recognition need in the middle aged and elderly].

The purpose of this study was to investigate developmental changes in Self-Recognition Need (SRN; Kamise, 1992), measuring the need of middle aged and elder people. One hundred and ninety eight (198) men and women in their forties, and 199 in their sixties filled a questionnaire that measured SRN. Results showed that SRN declined with advancing years, and it was higher in women than in men. Targets of SRN also changed with advancing years. Men in their forties and women in their sixties directed their SRN toward their interpersonal and future selves, women in their forties toward their current and future selves, and men in their sixties toward their past selves.

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PubMed1992

[Structure and functions of self-recognition need in adolescent women].

UNLABELLED: The purpose is to propose a construct of self-recognition need, and to elucidate structure and functions of the need in adolescent women. First, 242 female subjects (average age 19.0) responded to a questionnaire. The results were factor analyzed to construct two scales of the need: self-recognition need scale and escape from negative information need. Inquiring these scales and their relation with maladjustment in daily life, the higher the maladjustment, the stronger their self-recognition need. In the second survey, 236 female subjects (average age 18.9) responded, RESULTS: (1) subjects with stronger self-recognition approached positively to many information seeking (even when they expect negative information about themselves), (2) self-recognition need showed positive correlation with motivation for praise acquisition and rejection avoidance. The implication of these results were discussed.

Adaptation, Psychological↗