Self-Esteem and Socioeconomic Status: A Meta-Analytic Review

By Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell. 2002

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Recognizing Opportunities for Sustainable Development (2011, background): “Economic gain, such as employment, financial wealth, and consumption, improves the socioeconomic status of people and leads to psychological (Twenge & Campbell, 2002), and physical health (Hanson & Chen, 2007).”
Ethnic discrimination and global self-worth in early adolescents: The mediating role of ethnic self-esteem (2006, result): “Furthermore, in contrast to adults and adolescents, no clear relationship between social class and self-esteem has been found for primary school children (see Twenge & Campbell, 2002, for a review).”
Biculturalism among Older Children (2002, result): “In addition and in contrast to adults and adolescents, no clear relationship between social class and, for example, selfevaluations has been found for primary school children (for a review, see Twenge & Campbell, 2002).”
Minority Members' Implicit Attitudes: Automatic Ingroup Bias As A Function Of Group Status (2002, result): “Our explicit findings are consistent with several studies indicating that minorities report personal and collective esteem levels that are equal to, or sometimes higher than, those of majority members (e.g., Crocker & Major, 1989; James, 1997; Tajfel & Turner, 1986; Twenge & Campbell, 2002).”
Psychological Entitlement: Interpersonal Consequences and Validation of a Self-Report Measure (2004, background): “Romantically involved participants completed several questionnaires as part of a larger study of self and relationships (some results from this data set have been published previously; Campbell & Foster, 2002 ).”
Generational differences in psychological traits and their impact on the workplace (2008, background): “Among adult samples, the correlation between self-esteem and socioeconomic status indicators like income, education, and occupation has decreased over the generations for men but increased for women (Twenge and Campbell, 2002).”
Social-Class Disparities in Higher Education and Professional Workplaces: The Role of Cultural Mismatch (2018, background): “People in working- compared with middle-class contexts report less positive self-regard, lower levels of self-esteem and confidence, and fewer self-oriented positive emotions (Kraus & Park, 2014; Piff & Moskowitz, 2018; Twenge & Campbell, 2002).”
The New Field of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Studying Entrepreneurial Action Linking “What is to be Sustained” with “What is to be Developed” (2011, background): “Moreover, considerable research demonstrates a positive impact of socioeconomic status on emotional (Gallo & Matthews, 2003), psychological (Twenge & Campbell, 2002), and physical health (Hanson & Chen, 2007) of people.”
Protecting the self through consumption: Status goods as affirmational commodities (2010, background): “Conversely, those with low socioeconomic status suffer lower self-esteem (e.g., Rosenberg & Pearlin, 1978; Twenge & Campbell, 2002) and may therefore also lack the self-protective reasoning (Wills, 1981) and psychological resources needed to assuage self-threats (Steele, 1988).”