Abstract: In recent years, new progresses are achieved in the field of the structure of self-esteem, which fall in the following aspects: 1.the spring-up of implicit self-esteem; 2.the shift of the research emphasis from the global self-esteem to specific self-esteem; 3.more importance on the analysis and research of the dimension on stability; 4.more stress on cross-culture research of the structure. All of these aspects provided us new viewpoints and angles on exploring the structure of self-esteem. Finally some issues that are worthwhile regarding in the domain are discussed; furthermore, a prediction of the future trends in this field is also suggested.

Key words: implicit self-esteem, specific self-esteem, collective self-esteem