The Dynamics of Self-Esteem: A Growth-Curve Analysis |
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Authors: | Baldwin Scott A. Hoffmann John P. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee;(2) Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah |
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Abstract: | Research on adolescent self-esteem has been inconsistent regarding development patterns and processes, with some scholars concluding that self-esteem is a static construct and others concluding that it is a dynamic construct. A potential source of this inconsistency is the lack of attention to intraindividual changes in self-esteem across adolescence and to gender-specific developmental patterns. Building on previous research, we use a growth-curve analysis to examine intraindividual self-esteem changes from early adolescence to early adulthood. Using 7 years of sequential data from the Family Health Study (762 subjects ages 11–16 in Year 1), we estimated a hierarchical growth-curve model that emphasized the effects of age, life events, gender, and family cohesion on self-esteem. The results indicated that age had a curvilinear relationship with self-esteem suggesting that during adolescence self-esteem is a dynamic rather than a static construct. Furthermore, changes in self-esteem during adolescence were influenced by shifts in life events and family cohesion. These processes were different for males and females, particularly during early adolescence. |
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Keywords: | self-esteem adolescent growth-curves |
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