OBJECTIVE To evaluate the influence of self-esteem on levels of body dissatisfaction among adolescent females. METHODS A group of 397 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years were enrolled in the study. The Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ) was applied to assess body dissatisfaction. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to assess self-esteem. Weight, height, and skinfold thickness were also measured....

Self-esteem has been linked to a diverse array of positive and negative affective states. The present research explored the nature of these relationships. Study 1 found that self-esteem (as measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) is more closely associated with self-relevant emotional states than with emotional states that do not directly implicate the self. Study 2 replicated these findin...

Self-esteem is an important academic construct in the process of education. It is how people feel about themselves and how much they like themselves, especially socially and academically when it comes to college students. Through the many pressures and daunting responsibilities of being a student, one learns and understands the importance of having a high self-esteem in college. Research has es...

Assessment of the predictive relationship of self-esteem with suicidal tendencies in patients with psychiatric disorders is a core objective of the present study. After detailed literature review, it was hypothesized that (1) Self-esteem would predict suicidal tendencies among patients with psychiatric disorders. The sample of present study was diagnosed psychiatric patients (N=140) according t...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara attachment dengan self-esteem remaja serta memberikan gambaran keterikatan ayah, ibu dan teman selama pandemic covid-19 terhadap harga diri (self esteem) remaja. dilakukan sampel 319 siswa berusia 12 – 18. Data diperoleh Menggunakan alat ukur Parents Peer Attachment Revised (IPPA-R) Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES). Analisis data mengg...

A person's image, which is determined through physical appearance, considerably affects self-esteem developed from early childhood. Scoliosis causes multiple trunk deformations that can affect a person's perception of the body. The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of scoliosis dimension and the degree of trunk deformation on the level of self-esteem and sexual functioning in women wit...

This cross-sectional study investigated the relationships among self-esteem, social support, and Internet dependence. A sample of young people aged between 15 and 18 years old (M age = 16.3 yr., SD = 0.7; 470 boys, 441 girls) completed measures of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Internet Dependence Test. According to the cognitive-behavioral model of...

We investigated the relationships between global self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and academic performance among a sample of 255 college students in the United Arab Emirates. The widely used Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) and an academic self-efficacy scale, modified from (Jinks and Morgan, 1999) were used to assess student’s self-esteem and their academic self-efficac...

In this study we test whether leaving school in an economic downturn impacts self-esteem. Self-esteem is an important dimension of non-cognitive skill that economists have recently begun to examine. Previous work documents that leaving school in a downturn persistently depresses career outcomes, and career success is an important determinant of self-esteem. We model responses to the Rosenberg S...