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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Background:

  • Self-esteem is a crucial aspect of psychological well-being.
  • Existing theories often emphasize social factors in self-esteem development.
  • A comprehensive understanding of self-esteem predictors is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and rank the most significant predictors of self-esteem.
  • To investigate a wide range of psychological, sociodemographic, and health-related variables.
  • To challenge existing theoretical frameworks on self-esteem.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the nationally representative Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study.
  • Analyzed 81 potential predictors of self-esteem.
  • Employed the Random Forest machine learning algorithm for predictive modeling.

Main Results:

  • Environmental mastery was the strongest predictor of self-esteem.
  • Negative affect, sense of personal growth, and positive affect were also highly ranked predictors.
  • Agency-related and affective variables significantly outperformed socio-demographic, health, relational, and status factors.

Conclusions:

  • Self-esteem appears more closely tied to personal agency, growth, and affect than social validation or status.
  • Findings suggest a need to revise theoretical models of self-esteem.
  • Results provide a foundation for future research on self-esteem determinants.