title: Using Trait-State Models to Evaluate the Longitudinal Consistency of Global Self-Esteem From Adolescence to Adulthood.
abstract: The present research used a latent variable trait-state model to evaluate the longitudinal consistency of self-esteem during the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Analyses were based on ten administrations of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965) spanning the ages of approximately 13 to 32 for a sample of 451 participants. Results indicated that a completely stable trait factor and an autoregressive trait factor accounted for the majority of the variance in latent self-esteem assessments, whereas state factors accounted for about 16% of the variance in repeated assessments of latent self-esteem. The stability of individual differences in self-esteem increased with age consistent with the cumulative continuity principle of personality development.
authors.affiliation: Michigan State University.
authors.forename: M Brent
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Donnellan
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Kenny
authors.forename: Kali H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Trzesniewski
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Rand D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Conger