The purpose of this study was two-fold: to determine the relationship between ethnic identity and self-esteem as dimensions of one's self-concept; and to determine if differences exist among one's ethnicity, ethnic identity, and/or self-esteem when examining at-risk eating disordered behaviors. A total of 893 urban adolescent females completed three behavioral subscales: the Eating Disorder Inv...

abstract introduction: self-esteem is one of the necessities of human life and most professionals consider it as a major factor in social and emotional adjustment. low self-esteem in students causes academic failure, loneliness, drug abuse, away from reality and self-destructive behaviors. objective: this study aimed to determine the level of self-esteem and its related factors in high school s...

Narcissism scores are higher in individualistic cultures compared with more collectivistic cultures. However, the impact of sociocultural factors on narcissism and self-esteem has not been well described. Germany was formerly divided into two different social systems, each with distinct economic, political and national cultures, and was reunified in 1989/90. Between 1949 and 1989/90, West Germa...

BACKGROUND It has not been made clear whether self-esteem is associated with the severity of suicidal behavior. AIMS To test the association between responses to a self-esteem inventory and levels of suicidal behavior as conceptualized in the notion of the suicide process. METHODS Questions on the severity of suicidal behavior over the lifespan (death wishes, ideation, plans, and attempts),...

INTRODUCTION Chronic kidney disease is a permanent condition which requires renal replacement therapy (hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, or transplantation) to maintain life. The present study aimed to investigate the association of self-esteem with health locus of control in dialysis patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sample of 144 patients was recruited from 3 General Hospitals in the broad...

Self-esteem is the "feeling of self-appreciation" and is an indispensable emotion for people to adapt to society and live their lives. For children, in particular, the environment in which they are raised contributes profoundly to the development of their self-esteem, which in turn helps them to adapt better to society. Various psychologists have provided definitions of self-esteem, and examine...

The present study was undertaken to assess Relationship between father’s consanguinity and self esteem of the adolescent daughters .The study was based upon the sample of 160 respondents in the age range of 13-15 years, belonging to middle socio economic status selected purposively from government senior secondary schools of Ludhiana city. Data were collected through parent child relationship s...

OBJECTIVE To assess the role of neuroticism and low self-esteem as risk factors for eating disorders (ED). METHOD A representative sample of girls 12-21 years old from Navarre, Spain. Girls free from any ED in 1997 were followed up for 18 months and reevaluated using DSM-IV criteria. Multivariable logistic models were used to examine associations between neuroticism (Eysenck Inventory) or low...

The aim of this study was to examine the effect of trauma experience severity on borderline personality characteristics and to examine as well the mediation effect of self-esteem. To measure traumatic experience severity, the Trauma Experience Questionnaire-Revised (TEQ-R) was developed and validated. The TEQ-R, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the personality assessment inventory-borderline fe...

This study investigated the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the differences in mean level of self-esteem and its association with depression in adolescents in three different cultures. The RSES and the Children’s Depression Inventory were administered to Chinese (N = 350), Italian (N = 352), and Costa Rican (N = 343) adolescents. Confirmatory factor analyses supporte...