In the article, Self-Esteem Development Across the Lifespan by Richard Robins and Kali Trzesniewski it touches on the current scientific evidence concerning the development of self-esteem across the lifespan. According to the article there seems to be a agreement on the ways self esteem evolves over time. The authors specifically focus on two forms of changes: normative change if self esteem and the stability of individual differences in self esteem. The normative changes show if a person’s self esteem increases or decreases over time which is evaluated across age groups by mean differences in self-esteem. The stability of individual differences in self-esteem shows to what degree the relative ordering of a person is maintained over time,
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The authors hoped that this article would help move the field of this particular research to a consensus. They also wanted to find a general consensus on when in the lifespan self-esteem was higher and when it was lower. The article sought to figure out if self-esteem was relatively changing or unchanging. These implications were thought to help determine if there was an underlying process of the development of self-esteem. The developmental periods of low self-esteem can now be targets for interventions because of this …show more content…
I personally would look into why there are drops self-esteem in childhood, adolescence, and old age, in hopes to find an intervention to prevent such declines. I would do a combination of a longitudinal study and cross-sectional study in which I would study the same people for a period of time, as they move from one stage of life to the next, but also many different ages. I would not follow a person through their whole life span because that is not realistic. I would have participants have self esteem tests once a month, along with surveys about their social environment and health questions. With all this data I would hopefully be able to see when these declines begin and make recommendation’s for when and how interventions should be made to lessen the declines of
The authors hoped that this article would help move the field of this particular research to a consensus. They also wanted to find a general consensus on when in the lifespan self-esteem was higher and when it was lower. The article sought to figure out if self-esteem was relatively changing or unchanging. These implications were thought to help determine if there was an underlying process of the development of self-esteem. The developmental periods of low self-esteem can now be targets for interventions because of this …show more content…
I personally would look into why there are drops self-esteem in childhood, adolescence, and old age, in hopes to find an intervention to prevent such declines. I would do a combination of a longitudinal study and cross-sectional study in which I would study the same people for a period of time, as they move from one stage of life to the next, but also many different ages. I would not follow a person through their whole life span because that is not realistic. I would have participants have self esteem tests once a month, along with surveys about their social environment and health questions. With all this data I would hopefully be able to see when these declines begin and make recommendation’s for when and how interventions should be made to lessen the declines of