Age and Birth Cohort Differences in Self-Esteem: A Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis

By Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell. 2001

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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“Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism, Social Rejection, and Aggression (2003, background): “These programs are widespread, which might explain why children’s self-esteem has increased steadily since the early 1980s (Twenge & Campbell, 2001).”
Gender Differences in Domain-Specific Self-Esteem: A Meta-Analysis (2009, unknown): “The small gender differences found in global self-esteem (Kling et al., 1999; Major et al., 1999; Twenge & Campbell, 2001) may be masking larger differences among specific domains.”
Self-Entitled College Students: Contributions of Personality, Parenting, and Motivational Factors (2008, background): “Twenge and Campbell (2001) examined data from successive cohorts of college students (n = approximately 66,000) who took the Rosenberg (1965) Self-Esteem Scale.”
Impact of Job Burnout on Satisfaction and Turnover Intention (2016, background): “Furthermore, studies (e.g., Twenge & Campbell, 2001; Twenge, Konrath, Foster, Campbell, & Bushman, 2008) examining generational differences in psychological traits reported that younger generations have higher narcissism and self-esteem than older generations.”
Age and gender differences in self-esteem-A cross-cultural window. (2016, unknown): “…number of studies have examined gender and age differences in self-esteem (Feingold, 1994; Kling et al., 1999; Orth, Robins, & Widaman, 2012; Orth, Trzesniewski, & Robins, 2010; Robins et al., 2002; Shaw, Liang, & Krause, 2010; Trzesniewski, Donnellan, & Robins, 2003; Twenge & Campbell, 2001).”
Further Evidence of an Increase in Narcissism Among College Students (2008, background): “Our analysis also found an increase in college students’ Rosenberg self-esteem scores and increases since 1980 in Coopersmith self-esteem among elementary and middle school students (Twenge & Campbell, 2001).”
Accountability, entitlement, tenure, and satisfaction in Generation Y (2015, unknown): “link this esteem to skill development (Twenge and Campbell, 2001).”
Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic Personality Traits Among American College Students, 1982–2009 (2010, background): “Traits related to narcissism have also increased (e.g., extraversion, self-esteem; Scollon & Diener, 2006; Twenge, 2001a; Twenge & Campbell, 2001).”
Mean-Level Change in Self-Esteem from Childhood through Adulthood: Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies (2010, methodology): “The mean-level development of self-esteem across age groups was examined in Twenge and Campbell (2001).”
Changes in Chinese Culture as Examined Through Changes in Personal Pronoun Usage (2015, methodology): “In particular, Twenge and colleagues have conducted a large number of studies examining cross-temporal changes in the psychological processes of Americans (e.g., Twenge & Campbell, 2001; Twenge, Campbell, & Gentile, 2012, 2013; Twenge & Foster, 2010).”
Placing Job Characteristics in Context: Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Job Characteristics Since 1975 (2018, methodology): “Consistent with past cross-temporal meta-analyses (Twenge & Campbell, 2001; Twenge & Im, 2007), we focused on U.S. samples to avoid confounding our results with cultural differences and to ensure as much homogeneity as possible in the studies included (Fried et al., 2008).”