Self-esteem development from young adulthood to old age
A cohort-sequential longitudinal study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Uli Orth (0000-0002-4795-515X, University of Basel), Kali H Trzesniewski (0000-0001-8165-3107, Western University), Richard W Robins (0000-0002-5088-3484, University of California, Davis) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 645-658 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-01 |
| 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/a0018769 |
| PMID | 20307135 |
| OpenAlex | W2139354004 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 144 |
| References cited | 62 |
The authors examined the development of self-esteem from young adulthood to old age. Data came from the Americans' Changing Lives study, which includes 4 assessments across a 16-year period of a nationally representative sample of 3,617 individuals aged 25 years to 104 years. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that self-esteem follows a quadratic trajectory across the adult life span, increasing during young and middle adulthood, reaching a peak at about age 60 years, and then declining in old age. No cohort differences in the self-esteem trajectory were found. Women had lower self-esteem than did men in young adulthood, but their trajectories converged in old age. Whites and Blacks had similar trajectories in young and middle adulthood, but the self-esteem of Blacks declined more sharply in old age than did the self-esteem of Whites. More educated individuals had higher self-esteem than did less educated individuals, but their trajectories were similar. Moreover, the results suggested that changes in socioeconomic status and physical health account for the decline in self-esteem that occurs in old age
Adult Development · Cohort · Cohort effect · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Latent growth modeling · Life course approach · Life span · Longitudinal study · Middle age · Population · Self-esteem · Socioeconomic status · Young adult · Aging and Gerontology Research · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Gerontology
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Hierarchical linear modeling analyses of the NEO-PI-R Scales in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
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Missing data
Latent Curve Models
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Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood
Disentangling the effects of low self-esteem and stressful events on depression
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Global self-esteem in relation to structural models of personality and affectivity
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The neglected 95
Adult Development and Social Theory
Conventional wisdom on measurement
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| Unique citing works | 144 |
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| Citations per year | 9 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 128 |