The quiet ego refers to a self-construal that is balanced and growth-oriented in its stance toward the self and others. It is conceptualized as representing the intersection of four characteristics: inclusive identity, perspective taking, detached awareness, and growth-mindedness. As a relatively new construct, the quiet ego has been validated in domains relating to balance, compassion, and growth. However, its construct validity has rarely been examined with regard to other aspects of self-identity that are both conceptually similar and have implications for well-being. Building on existing work on the quiet ego and self-concept clarity, we first examined the quiet ego’s theoretical relation with self-concept clarity (Study 1, N = 1099) using a confirmatory factor analysis approach and then investigated its associations with psychological well-being and self-esteem from the perspective of self-concept clarity using path modeling (Study 2, pre-registered, N = 500). We found that the quiet ego was positively associated with self-concept clarity and that the quiet ego predicted psychological well-being and self-esteem indirectly via its association with self-concept clarity.

安静的自我是指一种自我结构，它在对自己和他人的立场上是平衡的和以成长为导向的。它被概念化为代表四个特征的交集：包容性身份、观点采择、超然意识和成长意识。作为一个相对较新的结构，安静的自我已在与平衡、同情心和成长相关的领域得到验证。然而，它的结构效度很少在自我认同的其他方面进行检验，这些方面在概念上是相似的，并且对幸福有影响。基于关于安静自我和自我概念清晰度的现有工作，我们首先检查了安静自我与自我概念清晰度的理论关系（研究 1，N = 1099）使用验证性因素分析方法，然后使用路径建模从自我概念清晰度的角度研究其与心理幸福感和自尊的关联（研究 2，预注册，N  = 500）。我们发现安静的自我与自我概念清晰度呈正相关，安静的自我通过其与自我概念清晰度的关联间接预测心理健康和自尊。