Many types of intervention are used to boost adults’ self-esteem but their relative efficacy and the characteristics that moderate this efficacy remain unclear. We addressed these questions via a meta-analysis of 119 studies. Results obtained using a random-effects model showed a significant effect of interventions on adults’ global self-esteem, d = 0.38, 95% CI [0.33, 0.43]. This efficacy is moderated by some types of intervention, session format, experimenter contact, population type, and type of control group. We discuss these findings by addressing the limitations of our analyses and some issues related to this field of research (e.g., lack of power, heterogeneity of the studies included, publication bias, confounding effects) and by providing recommendations for future research and clinical practice.

许多类型的干预被用来提高成年人的自尊，但它们的相对功效和缓和这种功效的特征尚不清楚。我们通过对 119 项研究的荟萃分析解决了这些问题。使用随机效应模型获得的结果显示干预对成年人的整体自尊有显着影响，d  = 0.38, 95% CI [0.33, 0.43]。这种功效受某些类型的干预、会议形式、实验者接触、人口类型和对照组类型的影响。我们通过解决我们分析的局限性和与该研究领域相关的一些问题（例如，缺乏效力、所包括研究的异质性、发表偏倚、混杂效应）并为未来的研究和临床实践提供建议来讨论这些发现。