中西自尊意識(shí)跨文化比較研究

1、寧波大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文中西自尊意識(shí)跨文化比較研究姓名：曹盛申請(qǐng)學(xué)位級(jí)別：碩士專業(yè)：英語語言文學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：胡超20061218MA Thesis of Ningbo University -II- An Intercultural Study on Self-esteem in China and West Abstract The great humanist psychologist A.H. Maslow’s theory of hu

2、man motivation includes five basic needs in human life: the physiological needs, the safety needs, the belongingness and love needs, the esteem needs and the need for self-actualization. The notion of self-esteem is univ

3、ersally held by members of all cultures and can be observed in all human interactions. As a basic need, self-esteem plays an important role in our life. A healthy self-esteem makes one better equipped to meet the challen

4、ges in our life. Satisfaction of the self-esteem and esteem need of the other party is one of the basic principles in communication. As an important value, the conception of self-esteem, reflecting one’s relationship wit

5、h others and his or herself, is at the core of the value system. Thus, while admitting the universality of self-esteem, we must realize the cultural characteristics of self-esteem. That is, due to the influence of cultur

6、al value dimensions, the meaning, contents and manifestations of self-esteem differ substantially from culture to culture. Therefore, exploring self-esteem, we must consider its cultural specificity and accordingly go in

7、to the depth where cultural values are firmly rooted. In view of such observation, this paper researches into Western and Chinese self-esteem from an intercultural perspective and explores its cultural differences in the

8、 hope to achieve a better understanding of them, to raise our cultural awareness and to avoid unnecessary intercultural conflicts. In the extant researches on self-esteem, many researchers have realized that the notion o

9、f self-esteem bears strong cultural characteristics, however, most of them attribute the differences of self-esteem in West and China to the degree of self-esteem, and they haven’t elaborated the differences systematical

10、ly. This paper presents the similarities and differences of self-esteem from three aspects: the meaning, the contents and the manifestations of self-esteem and explains the reasons of the differences by value dimension,

11、self-construal, and the origin of self-esteem. Finally, the paper comes to the conclusion that the observed differences of self-esteem in West and China reflect differences in the conception and judgment of self-esteem r

12、ather than differences in the degree of self-esteem. In other words, the major difference concerning Western and Chinese self-esteem is a matter of orientation rather than degree—preferences for self-oriented self-esteem