Debates about the benefits of self-esteem have persisted for decades, both in the scientific
literature and in the popular press. Although many researchers and lay people have argued …

Background: Effective targeting of services requires that we establish which undergraduates
are at increased risk of mental health problems at university. We aimed to conduct a …

In virtually all areas of psychology, the question of whether a particular construct has a
prospective effect on another is of fundamental importance. For decades, the cross-lagged …

The current article presents a theoretical framework of the short-and long-term processes
underlying personality development throughout adulthood. The newly developed TESSERA …

Low self-esteem and depression are strongly related, but there is not yet consistent
evidence on the nature of the relation. Whereas the vulnerability model states that low self …

Parental phubbing refers to the extent to which parents use or are distracted by their cell
phone when they interact with their children. There has been growing scholarly interest in …

We examined the life-span development of self-esteem and tested whether self-esteem
influences the development of important life outcomes, including relationship satisfaction …

Ample research has shown that low self-esteem increases the risk to develop depressive
symptoms during adolescence. However, the mechanism underlying this association …

Although it is well documented that low self-esteem and depression are related, the precise
nature of the relation has been a topic of ongoing debate. We describe several theoretical …

Low self-esteem is usually linked to negative outcomes such as poor mental health, but is
this always the case? Based on a contextual behavioural model, we reasoned that self …