Orth, Ulrich; Trzesniewski, Kali H.; Robins, Richard W. (2010). Self-esteem development from young adulthood to old age: A cohort-sequential longitudinal study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98(4), pp. 645-658. American Psychological Association 10.1037/a0018769
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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.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Developmental Psychology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Orth, Ulrich |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
0022-3514 |
Publisher: |
American Psychological Association |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Ulrich Orth |
Date Deposited: |
08 Jun 2015 09:13 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:47 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1037/a0018769 |
PubMed ID: |
20307135 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.69098 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/69098 |
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