Personal Narratives as a Predictor of Trait Change and State Fluctuations in Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction during the Transition from Education to Work

Doeselaar, Lotte van; Reitz, Anne K.

doi:10.1080/15283488.2022.2106229

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“…People's interpretations of previous life events might get reactivated and set the path for psychological adjustment to new life events (McLean et al., 2019). A recent study has examined whether turning point narratives predict self‐esteem during the education‐to‐work transition (van Doeselaar & Reitz, 2022). More agentic and redemptive narratives did not predict trait self‐esteem across the 8 months during the transition, but higher levels in narrative agency were associated with greater stability in daily self‐esteem.…”

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Self‐esteem development and life events: A review and integrative process framework

Reitz

2022

Social & Personality Psych

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Self-esteem is a pervasive individual characteristic with major consequences for people's lives. Recent research demonstrated normative change and substantial individual differences in change across the lifespan, which triggered great interest in the sources of self-esteem development. This article provides an overview of the present state of the field of self-esteem development. First, to gain a comprehensive picture, I reviewed findings of different change indicators: mean-level change, individual differences in change, rank-order stability, and state (fluctuations). Second, I reviewed theory and empirical evidence on self-esteem change in response to normative and non-normative life events in the domains school/work and social relationships. Third, I reviewed theory and empirical evidence on situational processes and psychological mechanisms of self-esteem development. I integrated theoretical approaches from lifespan, personality developmental, and social-personality psychology in a process-oriented framework of self-esteem development in response to life events. Finally, I discussed directions for theoretical and methodological advancements.

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Self‐esteem development and life events: A review and integrative process framework

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2022

Social & Personality Psych

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“…However, a thorough discussion of the role of exemplars in narrative identity and McAdams's broader framework could be the topic of a separate paper and is beyond the scope of the present study. Future research should use narrative identity approaches to further examine the role of social relationships with exemplars in identity formation because these hold great potential to obtain deeper insights into relevant social and psychological processes (van Doeselaar & Reitz, 2023).…”

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There Goes My Hero: The Role of Exemplars in Identity Formation

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Human Development

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In this paper, we argue that who one is and wants to become is closely related to whom one admires. Although the links between identity formation and exemplars have been largely neglected, we claim that integrating both literature studies provides interesting new insights. First, exemplars can play an important role in and constitute a powerful tool for people’s identity construction. Second, insights into identity formation processes can help better understand how people select, evaluate, and replace their exemplars. Third, we explore the ways in which external factors such as possible selves, social relationships, and emotions affect both exemplars and identity formation. Finally, we discuss how stigma, marginalization, and do-gooder derogation can prevent exemplars from playing a positive role in identity formation. By integrating existing perspectives on identity formation and exemplars, we explain how people obtain their personal commitments and what exactly can inspire their attempts to change or maintain their identity.

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“…Studies have found small average increases in trait self-esteem during the university-to-work transition. Italian (Filosa et al, 2022) and Dutch (van Doeselaar & Reitz, 2022) participants who transitioned from university to work showed an average increase in trait self-esteem. Only one study that examined German students’ university-to-work transition included a control group (Reitz et al, 2020).…”

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Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition

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Young adults differ in their self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition. The short-term processes (such as state changes) which are related to individual variability in change are not yet fully understood. In this pre-registered study, we examined experiences of pride as an emotional process underlying state self-esteem change in a sample of 232 Dutch master students over 8 months across their university-to-work transition. We used dynamic and multilevel structural equation models to analyze three waves of 14-day experience sampling data, examining momentary and daily associations between pride and state self-esteem on the within-person level. We examined correlated change in pride and state self-esteem, and the extent to which pride predicted variability in state self-esteem change. Results indicated positive within-person associations and considerable individual differences in pride–state self-esteem associations across moments and days. Across months, changes in pride and state self-esteem were positively correlated, but pride before graduation did not predict variability in later state self-esteem change. Pride–state self-esteem associations remained robust after accounting for feelings of joy, transitional valence, and timing of the transition. Findings indicated that pride uniquely predicted state self-esteem change during the education-to-work transition, which suggests that pride is a key emotion underlying self-esteem change.

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Personal Narratives as a Predictor of Trait Change and State Fluctuations in Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction during the Transition from Education to Work

Cited by 7 publications

References 68 publications

Self‐esteem development and life events: A review and integrative process framework

Self‐esteem development and life events: A review and integrative process framework

There Goes My Hero: The Role of Exemplars in Identity Formation

Short-term dynamics of pride and state self-esteem change during the university-to-work transition

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