Citation

Liu D, Xin Z. J. Res. Adolesc. 2015; 25(2): 366-376.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jora.12134

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The present cross-temporal meta-analysis involving 68 studies (n = 35,499) found that Chinese adolescents' scores on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale decreased substantially from 1996 to 2009. The decline of self-esteem across birth cohorts was associated with the slide of social connection level of Chinese adolescents. Correlations between self-esteem and corresponding social indicators like the floating population and divorce rate were significant. Analysis on self-esteem age differences showed that self-esteem development in China was different from Western results: self-esteem scores followed a roughly increasing trend from Grade 7 through Grade 12 with double dip points at Grades 7 and 11.

Language: en