Self-esteem was positively associated with life satisfaction, explaining 24 % of the variance. However, no interaction effect of gender × self-esteem or age × self-esteem was found in relation to life satisfaction.

How does self-esteem affect life satisfaction?

High levels of self-esteem may lead to an increase in happiness levels and life satisfaction. The dependent variable as part of this study is self-esteem and the independent variables are age, sex, education level, employment level, subjective happiness level and life satisfaction level.

Is self-esteem related to happiness?

An abundance of empirical research conducted worldwide has revealed that self-esteem is a universal and crucial factor that is related to the level of happiness amongst people (Taylor and Brown, 1988; Baumeister et al., 2003; Cheng and Furnham, 2003; Brown, 2010) and thus generally, self-esteem has been found to be ...