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Researchers studying self-esteem have asked whether differences in children's levels of self-esteem might be related to their gender. They have found that girls have lower global self-esteem than boys beginning in middle childhood and that this difference is particularly evident in adolescence (Mellanby et al., 2000; Van Houtte,2005). In a study of 48 nations, this gender gap was largest in late adolescence and persisted throughout early and middle adulthood before it narrowed and perhaps even disappeared in old age (Bleidorn et al., 2016). One might think that societal shifts toward increased gender equality would have lessened this difference between the sexes. However, the discrepancy in global self-esteem has not changed over the past 30 years. Why does a gender difference in self-esteem occur? Several explanations have been offered. First, boys are more dominant and assertive than girls, especially in mixed-gender groups; this could contribute to a feeling of greater power and influence on the part of boys. Even in adulthood, traits that are more common among men are positively correlated with self-esteem for both men and women, whereas the link between traits that are more common among women and self-esteem has been much weaker and less consistent (Gebauer et al., 2013). Opportunities to participate in athletics also may be a factor. Need Assignment Help?