I’m Not Confident of Myself Because I Don’t Have a Second Chance: Low Self-Esteem Among Young Japanese and Socio-Economic Situations in Which It Is (Thought of as) Difficult to Re-Challenge

The present study hypothesized and revealed that the low level of self-esteem among young Japanese is strongly associated with their expectations about second-chance opportunities. This means that young Japanese have less confidence because (they expect that) there are few opportunities to re-challenge and gain success once they fail.