Abstract
This study, using 300 nursery school children in Devon, England, is a replication of an earlier investigation into the perceived sources of self‐esteem among three‐ to five‐year‐olds. The present study extends the original by taking into account the salience of the sources reported. Salience takes the form of intensity through the use of the world “like” versus the world “love”, and the form of status through determining which of the sources reported is most important. Results indicate peers as the predominant source of self‐esteem in the low intensity (like) condition and parents as the predominant source of self‐esteem in the high intensity (love) condition. When status is added as a variable peers continue to predominate in the low intensity condition while neither group is predominant in the high intensity condition. Results are discussed in the light of previous research and implications drawn for self‐concept theory and developmental psychology.
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