This meta-analysis examined the rank-order stability of domain-specific self-esteem by comprehensively synthesizing the available evidence in eight domains of self-esteem (i.e., academic, appearance, athletic, morality, romantic, social, mathematics, and verbal abilities). The analyses were based on longitudinal data from 118 independent samples, including 107,550 participants aged 4-24 years. The time lag between assessments ranged from 6 months to 20 years. As effect-size measure, we used test-retest correlations that were corrected for attenuation due to measurement error. The results suggested that individual differences in domain-specific self-esteem are relatively stable over time, with mean effect sizes ranging from .65 to .84 across domains. Rank-order stability systematically increased as a function of age, from low stability in early childhood to high stability in young adulthood. Moreover, rank-order stability systematically decreased as a function of time lag between assessments, asymptotically approaching medium-sized stabilities (ranging from .36 to .62 across domains) when the time lag became very long. Moderator analyses indicated that the findings held across differences with regard to gender and measure. In sum, the findings suggest that rank-order stability of domain-specific self-esteem is relatively high, even over long periods of time, indicating that the eight investigated facets of domain-specific self-esteem should be considered trait-like constructs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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特定领域自尊的排名稳定性：荟萃分析。


这项荟萃分析通过综合综合八个自尊领域（即学术、外表、运动、道德、浪漫、社交、数学和语言能力）的现有证据，检验了特定领域自尊的排序稳定性。 ）。该分析基于 118 个独立样本的纵向数据，其中包括 107,550 名 4-24 岁的参与者。评估之间的时间间隔从 6 个月到 20 年不等。作为效应大小测量，我们使用了测试-重测相关性，该相关性针对由于测量误差而造成的衰减进行了校正。结果表明，随着时间的推移，特定领域自尊的个体差异相对稳定，跨领域的平均效应大小范围为 0.65 到 0.84。等级顺序的稳定性随着年龄的增长而系统地增加，从幼儿时期的低稳定性到成年早期的高稳定性。此外，排序稳定性随着评估之间的时间延迟而系统性地下降，当时间延迟变得很长时，逐渐接近中等规模的稳定性（跨域范围从 0.36 到 0.62）。主持人分析表明，研究结果在性别和衡量标准方面存在差异。总之，研究结果表明，即使在很长一段时间内，特定领域自尊的排序稳定性也相对较高，这表明特定领域自尊的八个研究方面应被视为类特质结构。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。