Role Of Self-esteem Research Articles

Perceived social support and psychological wellbeing among Nepalese adolescents: the mediating role of self-esteem

BackgroundAdolescence is characterized by unique, multiple physical, psychological and social development. Understanding the well-being of adolescents and the factors that contribute to it will help towards clarifying and defining ways to better help adolescents prepare for adult life. Therefore, the present study aims to find out the relationship between Perceived Social Support (PSS) and Psychological Well-Being (PWB) among Nepalese adolescence based on mediating role of Self-esteem (SE).MethodsThe study was conducted among 348 adolescents studying in grade 9 and 10 of government secondary level schools of Pokhara Metropolitan city, Nepal. Data were collected through self-administered standard tools-Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). For statistical analysis descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and mediation analyses were used. The statistical significance of mediating effect of the tested model was examined through a path proposed by Baron and Kenny and Bootstrap method.ResultsOverall, the finding suggests that PSS indirectly affects PWB of adolescents through mediating variable SE. Adolescents who perceive good social support had higher SE, which in turn contributed to their PWB. Furthermore, the study found no significant gender difference for PSS, SE and PWB. Also among various sources of PSS, both boys and girls were more oriented towards family for social support than friends and others.ConclusionAdolescents who experience higher social support are likely to have higher SE and are more likely to have better PWB. The findings of the study will be useful to the parents, teachers, counselors, psychologist and researchers to develop strategies to enhance adolescent’s mental health.

Can Flow Alleviate Anxiety? The Roles of Academic Self-Efficacy and Self-Esteem in Building Psychological Sustainability and Resilience

A growing number of studies suggest that flow experience is associated with life satisfaction, eudaimonic well-being, and the perceived strength of one’s social and place identity. However, little research has placed emphasis on flow and its relations with negative experiences such as anxiety. The current study investigated the relations between flow and anxiety by considering the roles of self-esteem and academic self-efficacy. The study sample included 590 Chinese university students, who were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire on flow, anxiety, self-esteem, and academic self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with AMOS software, in which both factorial analysis and path analysis were performed. Results revealed that the experience of flow negatively predicted anxiety, and both self-esteem and academic self-efficacy fully mediated the path between flow and anxiety. Specifically, self-esteem played a crucial and complete mediating role in this relationship, while academic self-efficacy mediated the path between self-esteem and anxiety. Our findings enrich the literature on flow experience and help with identifying practical considerations for buffering anxiety and more broadly with fostering strategies for promoting psychological sustainability and resilience.

The Role of Self-Esteem in Adolescents' Perception of Parents and Social Anxiety Levels

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the relationship between adolescents' perceptions of parents and their social anxiety levels is mediated by self-esteem. The sample of the study consisted of 694 (324 female and 360 male) volunteer high school students selected with a simple random sampling method from different high school types in Mersin province during the 2017-2018 academic year autumn term. The following tools were used in this study; "Perception of Parents Scale" which was developed by Robbins (1994) and adapted to Turkish by Kocayörük (2009); "Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale" developed by Rosenberg (1965) and translated into Turkish by Çuhadaroğlu (1986); "Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents" was developed by La Greca and Lopez (1998) and adapted to Turkish by Aydın and Tekinsav (2007). Multiple regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results show that there is a negative relationship between adolescents' social anxiety levels and their perception of their parents and self-esteem. In addition to these results, it was concluded that self-esteem had a full mediating effect on the relationship between the perception of both mothers and fathers of their adolescents and their social anxiety levels.

Individual Variables Involved in Perceived Pressure for Adolescent Drinking.

Adolescence is a stage when individuals are especially vulnerable to the influence of their peer group, which could lead to the development of problematic behavior, such as drinking alcohol, due to perceived pressure. The objective of this study was to analyze the role of self-esteem, impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity and expectations for use under perceived pressure to drink alcohol among young people. Methods: The sample was made up of 1287 high school students aged 14 to 18, with a mean age of 15.11. The Bayes factor and mediation models were estimated to evaluate the data. Results: The results showed the existence of a positive relationship of impulsivity, anxiety sensitivity and expectations for use with perceived pressure. However, this relationship was negative with self-esteem and perception of pressure to drink alcohol. Furthermore, the model results showed that self-esteem mediates the relationship between physical, cognitive and social anxiety sensitivity and positive expectations with perceived pressure to drink alcohol in adolescence. Conclusions: Given the strong need for affiliation during youth, it is hard to control grouping and peer influence on drinking behavior. However, knowledge of the role of individual variables, such as those described here, in perceived pressure could improve the prevention and intervention of such behaviors.

Unpacking the dynamics involved in the impact of bullying victimization on adolescent suicidal ideation: Testing general strain theory in the Korean context

The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamics involved in the relationship between bullying victimization and suicidal ideation within the general strain theory (GST) framework. We examined the effect of two types of bullying victimization (traditional bullying victimization and cyberbullying victimization) on Korean adolescent suicidal ideation with focusing on the role of negative emotions as a mediator and the role of self-esteem as a moderator. We estimated a series of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using the statistical software Mplus 8.0. Both types of bullying victimization had significant and positive effects on adolescent suicidal ideation. Also, negative emotions partially mediated these relationships. Last, the effect of negative emotions on suicidal ideation decreased when the victim had a relatively high level of self-esteem, while the moderating effect of self-esteem was not significant between bullying victimization and negative emotions. Overall, GST was useful for explaining the linkage of bullying victimization and adolescent suicidal ideation in this Korean sample.

Unhappy us, unhappy me, unhappy life: The role of self-esteem in the relation between adult attachment styles and mental health

With increasing recognition of and concern about mental health problems in Chinese young adults, the factors that contribute to mental health in Chinese young adults are receiving growing attention. Prior research has documented that adult attachment styles may be a risk factor for depression and anxiety in Western societies. However, little is known about the relation between adult attachment and mental health problems in China. In addition, research on the underlying mechanism between adult attachment and mental health problems is limited. The present study aimed to examine (1) the relation between adult attachment and young adults’ mental health problems in China and (2) the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relation between adult attachment and young adults’ mental health problems in China. The study was based on a sample of 305 urban Chinese students who completed a questionnaire about their attachment styles, self-esteem, and general mental health. Structural equation modeling was used to test our hypotheses. The results showed that (1) Both anxious and avoidant attachment linked to mental health problems in China through the partial mediating effect of self-esteem; (2) Anxious adult attachment also directly and positively associated with mental health problems, and (3) Avoidant adult attachment directly and negatively associated with mental health problems. The findings are interpreted on the basis of Chinese cultural features.

تقدیر الذَّات بصفته متغیرًا معدلا للعلاقة بین أعراض الاکتئاب والتشوهات المعرفیة لدى المعلمین والمعلمات Self-esteem as a modified variable to the relationship between symptoms of depression and cognitive distortions in male and female teachers

استهدفت الدراسة التعرف على دور تقدير الذات في تعديل العلاقة بين أعراض الاکتئاب والتشوهات المعرفية لدى المعلمين (ن = 260 معلما؛ 210 ذکرا و50 أنثى) من مدارس مختلفة بمدينة الرياض. طبق عليهم مقياس بيک للاکتئاب، ومقياس تقدير الذات لروزنبرج، ومقياس التشوهات المعرفية. وتوصلت الدراسة إلى عدة نتائج من أهمها: (1) وجود علاقة موجبة بين أعراض الاکتئاب والتشوهات المعرفية لدى المعلمين والمعلمات، (2) وجود علاقة سالبة بين تقدير الذات، وکل من: أعراض الاکتئاب والتشوهات المعرفية لدى المعلمين، (3) وجود علاقة سالبة بين تقدير الذات والتشوهات المعرفية لدى المعلمات، (4) وجود فروق ذات دلالة بين المنخفضين والمرتفعين في تقدير الذات على أعراض الاکتئاب، (5) وجود فروق ذات دلالة بين الذکور والإناث في أعراض الاکتئاب، (6) وجود فروق ذات دلالة في أعراض الاکتئاب تبعا لتفاعل تقدير الذات والنوع معا، (7) وجود فروق ذات دلالة بين المنخفضين والمرتفعين في تقدير الذات على التشوهات المعرفية، (8) وجود فروق ذات دلالة بين الذکور والإناث في التشوهات المعرفية، (9) وجود فروق ذات دلالة في التشوهات المعرفية تبعا لتفاعل تقدير الذات والنوع معا، (10) أسهم تقدير الذات بصفته متغيرا معدلا في خفض العلاقة بين التشوهات المعرفية وأعراض الاکتئاب لدى الذکور، ولم يظهر له تأثير مماثل لدى الإناث. The study aimed to know the role of self-esteem in modifying the relationship between symptoms of depression and cognitive distortions among teachers (n = 260 teachers; 210 males and 50 females) from different schools in Riyadh. Subjects were applied a Beck Depression Scale, Rosenberg's Self-Estimation Scale, and a Cognitive Distortions Scale. The study reached several results, the most important of which are: (1) a positive relationship between symptoms of depression and cognitive distortions between males and females, (2) a negative relationship between self-esteem and each of: symptoms of depression and cognitive distortions in males teachers, (3) a negative relationship between self-esteem and cognitive distortions in female teachers, (4) Significant differences between low and high self-esteem in symptoms of depression, (5) Significant differences between males and females in symptoms of depression, (6) Significant differences in depressive symptoms according to the interaction self-esteem and gender, (7) significant differences between low and high in self-esteem on cognitive distortions, (8) significant differences between males and females in cognitive distortions, (9) significant differences in cognitive distortions according to the interaction of self-esteem and gender together, (10) self-esteem contributed as a modified variable in reducing the relationship between cognitive distortions and symptoms of depression in males and did not show a similar effect in females.

The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Employees’ Turnover Intention: The Role of Self-Esteem

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of self-esteem in the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intention in China. Basing on 215 samples, this study examined the relationship among workplace bullying, self-esteem and employees’ turnover intention. The results show that: self-esteem is negatively related to the probability of reporting oneself as a target of workplace bullying; workplace bullying is an excellent predictor of employees’ turnover; self-esteem plays a moderating role in the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intention. An improved understanding of how individual differences impact on the exposure to workplace bullying and on the relationship between workplace bullying and turnover intention may have important implications from both the theoretical and the practical standpoints.

Academic Responsibility of University Students According to Gender: The Role of Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction

Academic Responsibility of University Students According to Gender: The Role of Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction

THE FACTORS WHY PEOPLE EXERT LESS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKPLACE ENVY AND SOCIAL LOAFING MODERATED BY SELF-ESTEEM

The aim of this paper is to link envy at the workplace to social loafing and to examine the role of self-esteem in moderating this relationship. Data was collected via a survey questionnaire from 393 employees working in public and private organizations in Malaysia. Partial least squares-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to test the hypotheses. The results show that the higher the degree of workplace envy encountered, the higher the inclination for members to exert less effort while working in a team (social loafing), and this relationship is moderated by self-esteem. In addition, it is found that the relationship is better for low self-esteem workers relative to those high in self-esteem. In terms of workplace envy and avoidance of social loafing, the research provides important implications. Organizations should etablish a supportive workplace that encourages employees to be more involved and practice openness and give continued support. In a team culture especially, managers must play an active role by paying attention and being more sensitive towards circumstances that induce feelings of envy at work. By implementing a proper system and control, tendency towards workplace envy and social loafing can be mimimized.

亲子依恋和交往焦虑：自尊与社会支持的中介作用

亲子依恋和交往焦虑：自尊与社会支持的中介作用

When and Why Saying “Thank You” Is Better Than Saying “Sorry” in Redressing Service Failures: The Role of Self-Esteem

In their initial recovery efforts after a service failure, service providers need to decide what to communicate to consumers to restore their satisfaction. Prior work has primarily examined apology (saying “sorry”) as a symbolic recovery strategy; the current research suggests appreciation (saying “thank you”) as an alternative, often more effective strategy. Drawing from research on linguistic framing and self-view, the authors reason that the shift of focus in the service provider–consumer interaction, from emphasizing service providers’ fault and accountability (apology) to spotlighting consumers’ merits and contributions (appreciation), can increase consumers’ self-esteem and, in turn, postrecovery satisfaction. Across multiple service failure contexts, Studies 1a–1e establish the superiority of appreciation in redressing service failures. By measuring and manipulating self-esteem and examining the moderating role of narcissism and recovery timing, Studies 2–5 provide converging evidence for consumers’ state self-esteem as the underlying mechanism. Studies 6 and 7 go beyond examining appreciation in isolation and show that it is as effective as recovery messages that combine appreciation and apology (Study 6) and that its superiority over apology holds when service providers combine symbolic and utilitarian recovery (Study 7).

The Psychological Correlates of Decreased Death Anxiety After a Near-Death Experience: The Role of Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Death Representations

Near-death experiences (NDE) are intense events that can have profound psychological consequences. Although decreased fear of death after an NDE is a well-documented phenomenon, it is unclear what psychological factors are associated with reduced death anxiety. In this study, grounded in terror management theory, we compared 102 people who had an NDE with 104 individuals who did not. Participants completed measures of death anxiety, self-esteem, mindfulness, and death representation. Results indicated that people who had an NDE had lower fear of death, higher self-esteem, greater mindfulness, and viewed death more as a transition rather than as absolute annihilation. Subsequent analyses found that NDE had a direct effect on death anxiety, and that the effect of NDE on death anxiety was also mediated by indirect effects on self-esteem and death representation. Implications of these findings are considered, limitations of the present study are acknowledged, and suggestions for future theory and research are proffered.

How Daily Strain Leads to Cyber Delinquency: a Focus on the Role of Self-Esteem and Anger

Exposure to cyber delinquent behaviors leads to various far-reaching negative consequences in adolescents, which justifies exploring factors that contributes to their involvement in cyber delinquency. This study used General Strain Theory to explain cyber delinquent behavior by hypothesizing that daily strain leads to involvement in cyber delinquency through anger. Additionally, in consideration of previous findings on the relationships among self-esteem with strain, anger, and cyber delinquent behaviors; self-esteem was hypothesized to be mediated in the pathway between strain and cyber delinquent behaviors along with anger. A total of 2844 fourth grade students (46.4% female) from the Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS) were used to investigate the hypothesized model. This model showed an appropriate model fit, and specifically displayed that strain had a significant positive association with negative self-esteem, anger, and involvement in cyber delinquent behaviors. In the results, general strain theory in explaining cyber delinquency, was confirmed by revealing the findings that anger was significantly mediated in the pathway between strain and cyber delinquency. In addition, the sequential mediation effect of negative self-esteem and anger in the pathway between strain and cyber delinquency was verified. That is, strain could lead to an increase in negative self-esteem which continues to heighten levels of anger, eventually leading to involvement in cyber delinquency. These findings contribute to advancing our understanding of the mechanism that leads to involvement in cyber delinquency from strain. Practical implications are discussed based on these findings.

The Role of Self-Esteem and Emotional Intelligence in Predicting the Resilience of Students with Hearing Impairment

The Role of Self-Esteem and Emotional Intelligence in Predicting the Resilience of Students with Hearing Impairment

여대생들의 인스타그램 이용 행태(능동적 vs. 수동적)와 우울감과의 관계 : 자아 존중감의 조절 효과를 중심으로

본 연구는 여대생을 대상으로 두 가지 유형의 인스타그램 이용 행태(i.e., 능동적 vs. 수동적)와 우울감 간의 관계에 있어서 자아 존중감의 조절 효과를 탐색했다. 국내 한 사립대학교의 여학생을 대상으로 한 온라인 설문 조사(N ＝ 107) 결과, 두 개의 가설에서 제시한 능동적 및 수동적 인스타그램 이용과 자아 존중감 간의 상호작용 효과는 예측대로 지지되었다. 즉, 능동적 인스타그램 이용 수준이 높은 경우, 자아 존중감에 따른 우울감의 차이가 없었지만, 능동적 이용 수준이 낮은 경우 자아 존중감이 낮은 여대생들은 자아 존중감이 높은 여대생들에 비해 우울감의 수준이 높았다. 마찬가지로 수동적 인스타그램 이용 수준이 낮은 경우에는 자아 존중감에 따른 우울감의 차이가 나타나지 않았지만, 수동적 이용 수준이 높은 경우 자아 존중감이 낮은 여대생들은 자아 존중감이 높은 여대생들에 비해 우울감을 더 경험하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 SNS 이용 행태(능동적 vs. 수동적) 구분의 유용성을 제시하며, SNS 이용 효과 탐색에 있어서 자아 존중감과 같은 조절 변인을 고려할 필요가 있음을 시사한다. 또한 SNS 관련 미디어 리터러시 중재 프로그램을 위한 실무적 함의를 제시한다.

Parenting Practices, Life Satisfaction, and the Role of Self-Esteem in Adolescents.

Introduction: Studies have shown significant associations between parenting practices, life satisfaction, and self-esteem, and the role of parenting practices in adolescent adjustment, emphasizing its influence on wellbeing. Objectives: To analyze the relationships between parenting practices, self-esteem, and life satisfaction, and test the mediating effect of self-esteem on the relationship between the different parenting practices and life satisfaction of adolescents. Method: The sample came to a total of 742 adolescents, with an average age of 15.63 (SD = 1.24; range 13–19). The Parenting Style Scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were used. Results: Perception by adolescents of high levels of affect and communication, self-disclosure, and a sense of humor related to their parents, as well as low levels of psychological control, explained the life satisfaction of the adolescents. Self-esteem exerted a partial mediating effect on the relationship between parenting practices and satisfaction with the life of the adolescent. Finally, self-esteem also appeared to be a moderator variable, specifically in the effect of self-disclosure on the life satisfaction of the adolescent. Conclusions: The results reinforce the role of personal variables, especially self-esteem, in parent-child interaction and in the improved subjective wellbeing of the adolescent.

Too good to be cautious: High implicit self-esteem predicts self-reported dangerous mobile phone use

Mobile phone use and misuse have become a pressing challenge in today's society. Dangerous mobile phone use, such as the use of a mobile phone while driving, is widely practiced, though banned in several jurisdictions. Research aiming at unfolding the psychological predictors of dangerous mobile phone use have so far been scarce. Especially, researchers have never taken the role of self-esteem into account, which is unfortunate given prior research linking self-esteem to addictive mobile phone use. In the present study, we evaluated the associations between both explicit and implicit self-esteem and dangerous mobile phone use, with a particular focus on phoning while driving. To do so, we assessed implicit self-esteem among 95 participants (89 females) via the Implicit Association Test and explicit self-esteem via a self-reported measure. Problematic mobile phone use and demographic data were assessed with self-reported measures. Implicit self-esteem predicted dangerous mobile phone use, even after we controlled for demographic data and mobile phone dependence. Explicit self-esteem, however, was related to neither dependence nor dangerous use of the mobile phone, thereby supporting the importance of distinguishing between explicit and implicit self-esteem. Our results set the scene for new research avenues regarding mobile phone use while driving.

The Moderating Roles of Social Support, Coping Resources and Personality and Mediating Role of Self-esteem on the Impact of Cognitive Deficit on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Among Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Mixed-method Sequential Explanatory Design

The Moderating Roles of Social Support, Coping Resources and Personality and Mediating Role of Self-esteem on the Impact of Cognitive Deficit on Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Among Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Mixed-method Sequential Explanatory Design

Mitos del amor romántico y autoestima en adolescentes

Los mitos del amor romántico son creencias irracionales socialmente construidas sobre la naturaleza del amor, las cuales estipulan qué es el “amor verdadero”, cuáles son las características deseables al seleccionar pareja, la importancia del amor, las expectativas de futuro y el tipo de relación. La presencia de estas creencias románticas favorece o mantiene la violencia de género en la pareja y las relaciones basadas en el control, las cuales se relacionan con una menor autoestima. El objetivo de este estudio es registrar la interiorización de los mitos del amor romántico en un grupo de adolescentes y analizar su relación con la autoestima. Para la consecución de dicho objetivo, una muestra formada por un total de 321 participantes (52% hombres y 48% mujeres) de entre 11 y 18 años de edad, cumplimentó el Cuestionario de Autoestima de Rosenberg y la Escala de Mitos Hacia del Amor Romántico de Luzón, Ramos, Recio y de la Peña (2011). Los análisis mostraron diferencias significativas en la interiorización de mitos románticos en función del género a favor de los hombres, concretamente en los mitos de los celos (Chi2=25,50; p<.001), de la omnipotencia (Chi2=28,96; p<.001), del matrimonio (Chi2=7,60; p=.006), de la entrega total (Chi2=13,80; p=.001) y en los grupos de mitos “El amor es lo más importante y requiere entrega total” (Chi2=33,80; p<.001), “Amor como posesión y exclusividad” (Chi2=26,59; p<.001) y “El amor lo puede todo” (Chi2=25,19; p<.001). Por otro lado, se observa en el total de la muestra una relación significativa e inversa entre la autoestima y el grupo de mitos “el amor lo puede todo” (rho=-.121*) y los mitos de la omnipotencia (rho=-.121*) y exclusividad (rho=-.128*). A la vista de dichos resultados se concluye, por un lado, que los hombres asumen más creencias románticas que las mujeres y por otro, que las personas con menor autoestima presentan una mayor interiorización de las creencias románticas. En base a dichas conclusiones, tanto las diferencias entre géneros por lo que respecta a la interiorización de los mitos románticos como el papel de la autoestima deberían ser considerados en futuras intervenciones.