TY - JOUR AU - Ogihara, Yuji PY - 2019 DA - 2019/05/15 TI - A decline in self-esteem in adults over 50 is not found in Japan: age differences in self-esteem from young adulthood to old age JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 274 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - The current research examined age differences in self-esteem in Japan from young adults aged 20 to the elderly aged 69 with a focus on self-esteem trajectories from middle age to old age. Previous research in European American cultures has indicated that self-esteem rises from young adulthood into middle age, and sharply declines starting in one’s 50s or 60s. However, it was unclear whether this sharp drop would be found in Japan. Therefore, the present research investigated whether the same age differences were present in Japan by analyzing data from a large and diverse sample. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4289-x DO - 10.1186/s13104-019-4289-x ID - Ogihara2019 ER -