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This study aims to identify the number of latent classes that show the multiple trajectories ofself-esteem in adolescents and the mean differences among the latent classes of self-esteem in depression andaggression in the future. This study used four waves of longitudinal data from Korean Children and Youth PanelSurvey(KCYPS, 2010-2015). Subjects were the 2064 adolescents who were born in 1997. They were derived fromthe 2351 adolescents in the first year student panel in the middle school. The latent growth mixture model andthe one-way analysis of variance were used for data analysis. The major findings were as follows: this studyidentified four different latent classes: stable high self-esteem without growth, moderate but increasedself-esteem, and low but increased self-esteem, then chronic low pattern of self-esteem without growth. Theadolescents in the stable high self-esteem latent class showed lower depression and aggression in the futurethan the other latent classes. Based on the findings of this study, the researchers suggested practical implicationsin counseling for increasing self-esteem in the adolescents.