Self-Esteem Development Across the Lifespan  

Oleh:

Robins, Richard W. ; Trzesniewski, Kali H.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Current Directions in Psychological Science vol. 14 no. 03 (Jun. 2005), page 158-162.
Topik: self-esteem; development; change; stability
Fulltext: 10. Self-Esteem Development Across the Lifespan.pdf (109.87KB)

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After decades of debate, a consensus is emerging about the way self-esteem develops across the lifespan. On average, self-esteem is relatively high in childhood, dropsduringadolescence(particularlyforgirls), risesgradually throughout adulthood, and then declines sharply in old age. Despite these general age differences, individuals tend to maintain their ordering relative to one another: Individuals who have relatively high self-esteem at one point in time tend to have relatively high self-esteem years later. This type of stability (i.e., rank-order stability) is somewhat lower during childhood and old age than during adulthood, but the overall level of stability is comparable to that found for other personality characteristics. Directions for further research include (a) replication of the basic trajectory using more sophisticated longitudinal designs, (b) identification of the mediating mechanisms underlying self-esteem change, (c) the development of an integrative theoretical model of the life-course trajectory of selfesteem.

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