Self Esteem¶
Summary
Global self-esteem—a person’s overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her worth— was measured in the SOEP in 2010, 2015, and 2020 with an individual item.
Theoretical Background
Self-esteem is a central construct in psychology and has value both as a predictor variable (e.g., for the occurrence of various life events) and as a target variable with great potential significance for numerous research questions.
Scale Development
In the SOEP, following on the paper by Robins, Hendin, & Trzesniewski (2001), an individual item was used to measure self-esteem.
References
Robins, R. W., Hendin, H. M., & Trzesniewski, K. H. (2001). Measuring global self-esteem: Construct validation of a single-item measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 151-161.
Items
To what degree do the following statements apply to you personally (In welchem Maße treffen die folgenden Aussagen auf Sie persönlich zu):
I have a positive attitude toward myself (Ich habe eine positive Einstellung zu mir selbst).
Scale: 1 (Does not apply to me at all / Trifft überhaupt nicht zu) to 7 (Applies to me perfectly / Trifft voll zu)
Items and Scale Statistics
year |
variable |
count |
mean |
sd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
plh0206i11 |
18817 |
5.58 |
1.28 |
2015 |
plh0206i11 |
26964 |
5.65 |
1.29 |
2016 |
plh0206i11 |
4195 |
6.27 |
1.18 |
2017 |
plh0206i11 |
2743 |
6.34 |
1.17 |
2018 |
plh0206i11 |
418 |
6.39 |
1.11 |
2019 |
plh0206i11 |
279 |
6.35 |
1.02 |
2020 |
plh0206i11 |
30301 |
5.74 |
1.29 |
year |
variable |
count |
mean |
sd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010-2020 |
jl1380 |
5822 |
5.28 |
1.44 |
year |
variable |
count |
mean |
sd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 |
char27 |
2814 |
5.21 |
1.50 |
year |
variable |
count |
mean |
sd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2014-2020 |
char27 |
4264 |
5.24 |
1.44 |