The present study investigated the impact of young adolescents’ learning environment on their culturally mediated view of themselves as expressed in their self-drawings. The sample consisted of 83 young adolescents, 35 male and 48 female, aged 10 to 14 years with an overall average of 12 years living in three diverse ecosocial contexts within the Southern region of Madagascar: 28 participants were recruited in rural villages, 14 adolescents lived in a small town, and 41 adolescents were raised in a large city. The participants did not differ in age or gender distribution. The analyses revealed significant differences in the adolescents’ emotional expressions, drawing styles, visual appearances, and figure sizes in their self-depictions, which were in line with ecosocial variations in their learning environments. The findings are interpreted in light of the participants’ varying socialization experiences, access to formal education, and exposure to modern media and a Western lifestyle.

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青少年如何画自己：马达加斯加南部三个生态社会环境的比较

本研究调查了青少年的学习环境对他们在自绘中表达的文化中介观点的影响。样本包括 83 名青少年，其中 35 名男性和 48 名女性，年龄在 10 至 14 岁之间，总体平均为 12 年，生活在马达加斯加南部地区三种不同的生态社会环境中：28 名参与者在农村招募，14 名青少年生活在在一个小镇，41 个青少年在大城市长大。参与者在年龄或性别分布上没有差异。分析显示，青少年在自我描述中的情绪表达、绘画风格、视觉外观和人物大小存在显着差异，这与他们学习环境的生态社会变化相一致。