Retirement is associated with change in self-esteem.

Bleidorn, Wiebke; Schwaba, Ted

doi:10.1037/pag0000253

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“…The increase in women's performance self‐esteem may be due to women experiencing career success somewhat later than men (Abele & Spurk, ). The (small) decline in performance self‐esteem in men may be due to a larger proportion of male participants in late adulthood in the present sample (22% of men were older than 60 years at Time 1, 11% of women), subject to the ondition that especially in the years preceding retirement (performance) self‐esteem may decline (Bleidorn & Schwaba, ). However, our explanations remain speculative and future research is clearly warranted in order to investigate individual differences in trajectories of domain‐specific self‐esteem in adulthood.…”

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“…However, in general, previous research revealed only few and small effects on change of global self‐esteem (e.g. Bleidorn & Schwaba, ; Orth et al, ; Wagner et al, ) which may also be true for domain‐specific self‐esteem in adults.…”

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“…Consequently, the relative ordering of individual differences in self-esteem would be altered, leading to reduced stability over time. For example, different educational tracks (such as college education or vocational education) and changes in career stages that impact individuals differently may be a reason for lower rank-order stability in younger adults (Wagner et al, 2014;Wagner, Lüdtke, Jonkmann, & Trautwein, 2013), whereas retirement and individual differences in its effect on self-esteem may be a factor in late adulthood (Bleidorn & Schwaba, 2018). In middle adulthood, less changes in educational or career levels occur (Orth et al, 2012), which may explain higher rank-order stability in middle adulthood.…”

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Stability and Change in Domain–Specific Self–Esteem and Global Self–Esteem

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2018

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A notable uptick of interest in the stability of self‐esteem has been observed over the past few years. Most researchers, however, have focused on unidimensional rather than multidimensional conceptualizations of self‐esteem. The paucity of empirical research is surprising given conflicting theoretical perspectives on the stability of self‐esteem. The goal of the present study was to thoroughly disentangle different conceptualizations of self‐esteem and test opposing classical theories on (i) the stability and (ii) the direction of mutual influence of these different forms of self‐esteem. We analysed two‐year longitudinal data from participants (N = 644 at T1, N = 241 at T2) with an average age of 47.0 years (SD = 12.4). Analyses using a latent variable approach revealed that the domains of self‐esteem were relatively stable in terms of rank order and mean levels. In fact, the size of the stability coefficients was comparable to that of other trait measures that have been reported in the literature and paralleled the stability observed for global self‐esteem. Results did not provide support for either top‐down or bottom‐up effects between domain‐specific and global self‐esteem. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications regarding the stability and development of self‐esteem in adulthood and advance the understanding of self‐esteem in personality theory. © 2018 European Association of Personality Psychology

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“…Bleidorn et al, 2018). Indeed, evidence for the role of major life events, such as marriage, divorce, unemployment, or retirement, is more mixed than one would expect given the apparent emotional and behavioural relevance of these events (Asendorpf & Wilpers, 1998; Bleidorn & Schwaba, 2018; Denissen et al, 2019; Schwaba & Bleidorn, 2019; Specht et al, 2011; van Scheppingen, Denissen, Chung, Tambs, & Bleidorn, 2018; van Scheppingen, Denissen, & Bleidorn, 2018; for a review, see Bleidorn et al, 2018). The inconclusive nature of the current state of evidence may be partly explained by the scope and quality of previous studies, many of which were not explicitly designed to examine the links between life events and personality change.…”

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Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies—A Framework for Studying Personality Change

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The importance of personality for predicting life outcomes in the domains of love, work, and health is well established, as is evidence that personality traits, while relatively stable, can change. However, little is known about the sources and processes that drive changes in personality traits and how such changes might impact important life outcomes. In this paper, we make the case that the research paradigms and methodological approaches commonly used in personality psychology need to be revised to advance our understanding of the sources and processes of personality change. We propose Longitudinal Experience‐Wide Association Studies as a framework for studying personality change that can address the limitations of current methods, and we discuss strategies for overcoming some of the challenges associated with Longitudinal Experience‐Wide Association Studies. © 2020 European Association of Personality Psychology

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“…LISS data have been used in previous publications on personality development and major life events (Bleidorn & Schwaba, 2018;Denissen et al, 2018;Luhmann, Buecker, Kaiser, & Beermann, 2020;, but have not yet been used to study changes in loneliness in the context of major life events.…”

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A Propensity-Score Matched Study of Changes in Loneliness Surrounding Major Life Events

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Luhmann³

2019

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Major life events are often discussed as triggers of loneliness. However, longitudinal studies investigating changes in loneliness surrounding major life events with frequent assessments are lacking. This preregistered study investigated the associations between various family- and work-related major life events and changes in loneliness, using propensity-score matched data from a Dutch prospective nationally representative longitudinal study. We applied linear mixed-effects models and generalized additive mixed models to describe the average loneliness trajectories and to probe the robustness of our findings. Event-related trajectories of loneliness differed among events and individuals. For marital separation, divorce, and widowhood, individuals on average increased in loneliness in anticipation of the event but rebounded eventually. During the first year of childbirth, average loneliness levels decreased but linearly increased thereafter. For job loss, average loneliness levels linearly increased in anticipation of the event and did not decrease after the event. Moreover, event-related loneliness trajectories differed for individuals that experienced an event at an average age compared to individuals that experienced an event younger or older than average. Experiencing an event age-normatively was not always associated with beneficial effects. Overall, this study emphasizes the importance of considering major life events as possible triggers of loneliness.

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Retirement is associated with change in self-esteem.

Cited by 49 publications

References 39 publications

Stability and Change in Domain–Specific Self–Esteem and Global Self–Esteem

Stability and Change in Domain–Specific Self–Esteem and Global Self–Esteem

Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies—A Framework for Studying Personality Change

A Propensity-Score Matched Study of Changes in Loneliness Surrounding Major Life Events

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