Longitudinal multilevel models of the big-fish-little-pond effect on academic self-concept
Counterbalancing contrast and reflected-glory effects in Hong Kong schools
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Herbert W Marsh (0000-0002-1078-9717, Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals), Chit-Kwong Kong, Kit-Tai Hau, Kit‐Tai Hau (0000-0003-4065-1855) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 337-349 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.78.2.337 |
| PMID | 10707339 |
| OpenAlex | W2067007251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 90 |
| References cited | 30 |
Longitudinal multilevel path models (7,997 students, 44 high schools, 4 years) evaluated effects of school-average achievement and perceived school status on academic self-concept in Hong Kong, which has a collectivist culture with a highly achievement-segregated high school system. Consistent with a priori predictions based on the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE), higher school-average achievements led to lower academic self-concepts (contrast effect), whereas higher perceived school status had a counterbalancing positive effect on self-concept (reflected-glory, assimilation effect). The negative BFLPE is the net effect of counterbalancing influences, stronger negative contrast effects, and weaker positive assimilation effects so that controlling perceived school status led to purer--and even more negative--contrast effects. Attending a school where school-average achievement is high simultaneously resulted in a more demanding basis of comparison for one's own accomplishments (the stronger negative contrast effect) and a source of pride (the weaker positive assimilation effect)
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