The Association of Self-Esteem With Health and Well-Being: A Quantitative Synthesis of 40 Meta-Analyses
Ethan Zell,
Julia S. Johansson
Abstract:Prior meta-analyses have examined the association between self-esteem and a variety of specific outcomes. Here we aggregated data across 40 unique meta-analyses, which collectively included more than 2,000 studies and 1 million participants to examine the cross-sectional association between self-esteem and overall health/well-being. Results indicated that self-esteem has a robust overall association with health/well-being ( r = .31). Moderator analyses indicated that self-esteem associations are consistent acr… Show more
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