Behavioral Inhibition/Behavioral Activation System and Self-Esteem of Young Adult
AUTHOR : 민성혜, 유영미
INFORMATION : page. 81~95 / 2006 Vol.13 No.1
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in the young adults\' self-esteem according to the clusters of behavioral inhibition/ behavioral activation systems. Subjects were 198 university students, with 91 men and 107 women. The Korean BIS/BAS (Kim & Kim, 2001) was used to measure young adults\' behavioral inhibition/behavioral activation system, and The Self-Esteem Questionnaire(Baik, 2000) was used to measure young adults\' self-esteem.. Descriptive statistics, hierachical cluster analysis for the clustering behavioral inhibition/behavioral activation systems, ANOVA were performed. The results of this study were as follows. First, there found five clusters of young adults\' BIS/BAS; Consisting of Positive Cluster(27.3%), Constrained Cluster(22.7%), Inhibited/Activated Cluster(20.2%), Inhibited Cluster(16.7%) and Drive Cluster(13.1%). Second, The self-esteem differences corresponded to the young adults\' behavioral inhibition/behavioral activation system clusters. The Inhibited Cluster showed less self-esteem and Positive Cluster showed more self-esteem. Especially, the young adults who showed more inhibited systems, whether along with the activation systems, they showed less self-esteem. In conclusion, young adults\' self-esteem was differed according to the individual characteristics of the behavioral inhibition/behavioral activation systems.