Dynamic self-esteem: assessment, correlates and predictors

Over the last two decades, research on short-term self-esteem dynamics has increased and the value of considering the temporal expression of the construct has been widely documented (Alessandri et al., 2016). As currently understood, state self-esteem fluctuates around a relatively fixed level because of both the individual’s appraisal of situational factors, such as positive and negative events in daily life (Greenier et al., 1999) and the possession of personality traits (e.g., emotional stability) that leads some people to be more emotionally reactive than others (Watson et al., 2002). These fluctuations carry important consequences for individuals’ health and physiological adjustment (Alessandri et al., 2023). This special issue has been conceived as an answer to the need to map the status of research in dynamic self-esteem expression.