Age and Gender Differences in Self-Esteem

PERSONALITY PROCESSES AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCESAge and Gender Differences in Self-Esteem A Cross-Cultural WindowWiebke BleidornUniversity of California, Davis and Tilburg UniversityRuben C. ArslanGeorg-August-Universit t G ttingenJaap J. A. DenissenTilburg UniversityPeter J. RentfrowUniversity of CambridgeJochen E. GebauerUniversity of MannheimJeff PotterAtof Inc., Cambridge, MassachusettsSamuel D. GoslingUniversity of Texas at Austin and University of MelbourneResearch and theorizing on Gender and age Differences in Self-Esteem have played a prominent role inpsychology over the past 20 years. However, virtually all empirical research has been undertaken in theUnited States or other Western industrialized countries, providing a narrow empirical base from whichto draw conclusions and develop theory. To broaden the empirical base, the present research uses a largeInternet sample (N 985,937) to provide the first large-scale systematic cross-cultural examination ofgender and age Differences in Self-Esteem .

Dec 21, 2015 · age groups, with the largest effect emerging in late adolescence (d 0.33). This absolute gender gap notwithstanding, both males and fe-males seem to follow essentially the same life span trajectories: For both genders, self-esteem is relatively high in childhood, drops during adolescence, rises gradually throughout adulthood before it

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