Self-Affirmation Intervention Promotes Preference for Challenging Tasks in Students in Low-Income Families:The Mediating Role of Implicit Self-Esteem
The extent to which an individual is inclined to participate in challenging tasks impacts their capacity for improvement and future growth,which is further influenced by their implicit self-esteem.The present study aims to understand whether low family income diminishes individuals'preference for challenging tasks by affecting their implicit self-esteem,and seeks to explore the effect of self-affirmation interventions on individuals'implicit self-esteem and further their preference for challenging tasks.Based on research conducted on students attending a vocational secondary college in a former poor county within Gansu Province,two separate studies yielded the following findings:compared to those from relatively high-income families,students from low-income families showed a diminished inclination towards engaging in challenging tasks,partly due to lower implicit self-esteem;and short-term self-affirmation interventions proved to be effective in substantially bolstering the implicit self-esteem of these economically disadvantaged students.Consequently,this enhancement resulted in an elevated preference for challenging tasks among the aforementioned student population.
low-income familypreference for challenging tasksself-affirmation interventionsimplicit self-esteem
张红川、刘益潼、王路宽、孙铃、于泳红
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中央财经大学社会与心理学院,北京 100098
School of Education,University of Glasgow,Glasgow G12 8QQ
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