dc.contributor.author | von Soest, Tilmann | |
dc.contributor.author | Wagner, Jenny | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansen, Thomas | |
dc.contributor.author | Gerstorf, Denis | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-31T13:15:33Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-21T18:59:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-31T13:15:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-21T18:59:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | von Soest TvS, Wagner, Hansen T, Gerstorf. Self-Esteem Across the Second Half of Life: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Physical Health, Social Relationships, and Personality Factors . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2017 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3514 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1939-1315 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/5977 | |
dc.description.abstract | Self-esteem development across adulthood has been in the center of interest for some time now.
However, not much is known about factors that shape self-esteem and its development in the
second half of life and whether the factors differ with age and gender. To examine these
questions, this study uses two-wave data from the population-based NorLAG study in Norway (N
= 5,555; Mage = 58 years; 51% women) and combines self-report data on self-esteem and
personality with registry-based information on socioeconomic status (education, income,
unemployment), health problems (sick leave, lifetime history of disability), and social
relationships (cohabitating partner, lifetime history of divorce and widowhood). Results from
latent change score models revealed that self-esteem peaked at around age 50 and declined
thereafter. More importantly, lower socioeconomic status, not having a cohabitating partner,
unemployment, and disability were each uniquely associated with lower levels of self-esteem
and/or steeper declines in self-esteem over the five-year study period. Over and above registry
based information, personality characteristics were relevant, with a more mature personality
being associated with higher self-esteem level. Emotionally stable participants also showed less
pronounced declines in self-esteem. Moreover, associations of disability and of emotional
stability with self-esteem level were weaker with advancing age. Among women, self-esteem
level was more strongly associated with emotional stability and less strongly with openness,
compared to men. Our findings demonstrate the utility of registry-based information and suggest
that physical health, social relationships, and personality factors are in manifold ways uniquely
associated with self-esteem and its development later in life. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | American Psychological Association | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology;Volume 114, Issue 6 | |
dc.rights | Postprint version of published article. Copyright 2017 APA. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. | en |
dc.subject | Self-esteem | en |
dc.subject | Register data | en |
dc.subject | Old ages | en |
dc.subject | Physical health | en |
dc.subject | Relationships | en |
dc.title | Self-Esteem Across the Second Half of Life: The Role of Socioeconomic Status, Physical Health, Social Relationships, and Personality Factors | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2018-01-31T13:15:33Z | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000123 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1454705 | |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | |