Self-Esteem Instability and Personality

Abstract

Relatively few studies have focused on the connections between self-esteem and basic personality dimensions. The purpose of the present studies was to examine whether self-esteem level and self-esteem instability were associated with the Big Five personality dimensions and whether self-esteem instability moderated the associations that self-esteem level had with these personality features. This was accomplished by conducting a series of studies that included samples from the United States, Israel, and China. Across these studies, self-esteem level was associated with high levels of extraversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness, whereas self-esteem instability was associated with low levels of emotional stability, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Individuals with stable high self-esteem reported the highest levels of emotional stability, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, whereas those with stable low self-esteem had the lowest levels of openness. The results of these studies suggest that feelings of self-worth are associated with self-reported and perceived personality features.

The Use of Intensive Longitudinal Methods in Explanatory Personality Research

“…Those with high but variable (as opposed to stable) self-esteem were found to use more self-protective and self-enhancing strategies and to display lower psychological adjustment. More recently, Zeigler-Hill et al (2015) found variable self-esteem to be associated with low levels of emotional stability, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Finally, Franck et al (2016) demonstrated that pre-partum self-esteem variability served as a diathesis for post-partum depression among never-depressed women.…”

Role of Bilingualism and Biculturalism as Assets in Positive Psychology: Conceptual Dynamic GEAR Model

“…Similarly, in the context of bilingualism and biculturalism, deep experiences with two languages and cultures enable bilinguals and biculturals to express greater cognitive flexibility, allowing them to better adopt and adapt to challenges of living in multicultural contexts, which in turn promote a more wholesome psychological development. In return, individuals with greater resilience and positive psychological perception toward self, might be more willing to explore cognitively and socially, rather than hold back because of the concern over failure and social rejection (e.g., Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015).…”

Personalidad y Autoestima: Un análisis sobre el importante papel de sus relaciones

“…En segundo lugar, la amabilidad no se encuentra necesariamente asociada a una mayor valoración social. De acuerdo con algunos autores, este conjunto de rasgos facilitaría las relaciones interpersonales fortaleciendo, en consecuencia, su percepción de valoración social (Jensen-Campbell, Graziano, & West, 1995;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015). Costa et al, (1991) observan, sin embargo, que la amabilidad por sí sola no es una característica socialmente valorada de manera positiva.…”

“…A pesar de que la personalidad y la autoestima representan dos de los constructos más estudiados en psicología (Mruk, 2017;Rhodewalt & Tragakis, 2003), la naturaleza teórica de su relación persiste como un tema de debate actual Zeigler-Hill, Besser, Myers, Southard, & Malkin, 2013). Numerosos estudios han explorado este vínculo en distintos contextos como Alemania (Luan et al, 2018;Michaelides et al, 2016), Argentina (Helueni & Enrique, 2015), Brasil (Paiva, Pimente, & Moura, 2017;Schaffhuser, Wagner, Lüdtke, & Allemand, 2014), Bélgica (Rassart, Luyckx, Moons, & Weets, 2014), China (Luk & Bond, 1993;Shi, Liu, Yang, & Wang, 2015;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015), Eslovaquia (Zitny & Halama, 2011), Estados Unidos (Hair & Graziano, 2003;Shackelford & Michalski, 2011), Estonia (Kaare, Mõttus, & Konstabel, 2009), Filipinas (Chen, Widjaja, & Yen, 2015), Grecia (Tsigilis & Srebauite, 2015), Inglaterra (Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2006), Indonesia (Chen et al, 2015), Israel (Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015), Japón (Shikishima et al, 2018), Malasia (Keng Cheng & Law, 2015), Noruega (Halvorsen & Heyerdahl, 2006;von Soest, Wagner, Hansen, & Gerstorf, 2017), Portugal (Neto & Mullet, 2004), Suecia (Lawenius & Veisson, 1996), Taiwan (Chen et al, 2015), Tailandia (Chen et al, 2015), o Turquía (Koruklu, 2015). Por lo general, se observa que la autoestima se encuentra fuertemente asociada al neuroticismo (Bleidorn et al, 2016;…”