Development of global self-worth and domain-specific self-evaluations during early adolescence

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the development of global self-worth and domain-specific self-evaluations during early adolescence. Global self-worth was the degree to which the adolescent likes oneself as a person and is happy with oneself. Self-evaluations were assessed three distinct domains; physical appearance, athletic competence, and academic competence. Results suggested that there were declines in global self-worth and domain-specific self-evaluations during early adolescence in Japan. Moreover, there were gender differences in initial levels of global self-worth and domain-specific self-evaluations.