The Relationship of Aging to Self-Esteem: The Relative Effects of Maturation and Role Accumulation

1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette E. Dietz
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This research examines the relationship of age and two dimensions of self-esteem using a national sample of adults in the United States. The direct effects of age on self-worth and on self-efficacy are compared to the indirect effects of age on these through role accumulation. Findings indicate those over age sixty-five experience heightened levels of self-esteem, especially on self-efficacy, compared to their younger counterparts. However, through the intervening variable of role accumulation, older age is associated with decreases in self-esteem. The implications of these findings are discussed for maturational and role perspectives on the aging self, and a more general theory of self-esteem dimensions.

Perfectionism and Self-Perception Profile Comparisons on Burnout and Life Satisfaction in Aesthetic Performers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Raedeke ◽  
Victoria Blom ◽  
Göran Kenttä
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study evaluated the relationship of perfectionism and self-perceptions with burnout and life satisfaction in aesthetic performers (N = 254) recruited in Sweden. Cluster analysis revealed four groups: perfectionistic with maladaptive self-perceptions, perfectionistic (parent-driven) with maladaptive self-perceptions, achievement-oriented with adaptive self-perceptions, and nonperfectionistic with adaptive self-perceptions. Performers in both maladaptive clusters reported characteristics suggesting they were perfectionistic compared to their peers. They also reported relatively high contingent self-worth and low basic self-esteem. In contrast, those in the nonperfectionistic with adaptive self-perceptions cluster scored relatively low on perfectionism and reported relatively high basic self-esteem and low contingent self-worth. The performers in the achievement-oriented with adaptive self-perceptions cluster reported average scores across most variables, moderately high personal standards, and higher basic self-esteem compared with contingent self-worth. Overall, performers in both maladaptive clusters reported the highest burnout and lowest life satisfaction. Study findings underscore the importance of perfectionism and self-perceptions when considering burnout and life satisfaction.

The Relationship of Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy to Treatment Outcomes of Alcohol-Dependent Men and Women

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa M. Trucco ◽  
Hilary Smith Connery ◽  
Margaret L. Griffin ◽  
Shelly F. Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcomes ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Alcohol Dependent

Injury and Depression: The Mediating Effects of Self-Concept

1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica A. Seff ◽  
Viktor Gecas ◽  
Margaret P. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Injured Workers ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Physical Injury ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Work Limitation ◽  
The Relationship

This study further specifies the relationship between injury, self-conceptions, and depression. With the use of path analysis, we look at the direct and indirect effects of pain and work limitation associated with a job-related injury on self-efficacy, self-esteem and depression for a sample of injured workers (N = 1,037). As expected, we found that self-efficacy and self-esteem are negatively associated with depression, while work limitation and pain are positively associated with depression. We also found that work limitation has additional indirect effects on depression through its effect on self-efficacy and self-esteem. Pain has an additional indirect effect on depression via its effect on self-efficacy and work limitation. These findings support our expectation that self-concept significantly mediates the relationship between physical injury and depression.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Academic Self-Regulation with Self-Esteem and Goal Orientations Among University Students in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Abdalmuhdi M. Sawalhah ◽  
Asaad Al Zoubi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
National University ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed at identifying the level of each of the academic self-regulation and self-esteem, and goal orientations; and identifying the gender differences in each variable, as well as identifying the relationship between academic self-regulation and self-esteem, and goal orientations. The sample of the study consisted of 463 students from Irbid National University. The results of the study revealed that the sample of the study showed a medium level in each of the academic self-regulation and self-esteem, and goal orientations as a whole and of each of its dimensions, and the existence of gender differences in the two scales of academic self-regulation and self-esteem in the favor of females, while in the goal orientations the gender differences were in the two dimensions: mastery-approach, performance-avoidant in the favor of females, and performance-approach domain in the favor of males. The results also indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between academic self-regulation and of each of the self-esteem, and goal orientations.

scholarly journals Hope and Satisfaction with Life: Testing the Mediating Roles of Self-Esteem in three Asian Cultures

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Allan B. I. Bernardo ◽  
Aqeel Khan ◽  
María Guadalupe C. Salanga
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between well-being and the personal strength of hope has been elaborated by the identification of internal (self) and external (family, peers, spiritual) locus-of-hope dimensions. Du, Bernardo, and Yeung (2015) showed that self-esteem (personal and relational) mediates the relationship between locus-of-hope and life satisfaction. Locus-of-hope’s goal-related thoughts involve self-evaluation that may either enhance or diminish self-worth, which then influences life satisfaction. We tested the mediated model in three cultural groups: Malaysians, Macau Chinese, and Filipinos. Participants completed scales measuring locus-of-hope, personal and relational self-esteem, and life satisfaction. Path analysis showed significant indirect effects in all cultures: (a) internal locus-of-hope on life satisfaction, mediated by personal self-esteem, and (b) external-family locus-of-hope on life satisfaction, mediated by relational self-esteem. Other significant indirect effects were found in specific cultural groups. Cross-cultural similarities and differences are discussed with reference to how distinct cultures give different meanings to forms of agency associated with the personal strength of hope, creating distinct pathways towards life satisfaction. 

The Relationship of Weather Salience with the Perceptions and Uses of Weather Information in a Nationwide Sample of the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 172-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan E. Stewart ◽  
Jeffrey K. Lazo ◽  
Rebecca E. Morss ◽  
Julie L. Demuth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Weather Information ◽  
Dry Climates ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The authors used data from a sample of 1465 adults living in the United States to perform a confirmatory factor analysis on the Weather Salience Questionnaire (WxSQ), a 29-item instrument designed to measure the ways in which weather is psychologically significant for people. The original measurement model of the WxSQ was confirmed in the present sample. Additional work also was performed to create a WxSQ short form consisting of seven items. The authors then examined the relationship of weather salience with the respondents’ climate zones of residence and several other weather-related attitudes and behaviors that were assessed in the national sample. People residing in continental and temperate climates expressed significantly more weather salience than those living in dry climates. Further, weather salience was significantly and positively related to the following: 1) the frequency with which people sought weather information and forecasts, 2) the frequency of seeking weather information during the day, 3) the frequency of using forecasts to plan daily activities, 4) seeking weather information for wider geographic areas, and 5) the use of precipitation and temperature forecasts. Weather salience also was significantly and positively related to the confidence people expressed about National Weather Service forecasts and to the perceived importance of these forecasts. The results imply that peoples’ level of weather salience, at least in part, affects their uses of weather information and their confidence in it. These results support the validity of the WxSQ and also reveal some of the psychological bases of people’s perceptions and uses of weather information.

Teenage fertility, socioeconomic status and infant mortality

1985 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael K. Miller ◽  
C. Shannon Stokes
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Composition ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Infant Deaths ◽  
Environmental Agents ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Teenage Fertility

SummaryThe paper examines the relationship between infant mortality and a complex measure of socioeconomic status for evidence of diminution. In data on counties in the United States with a minimum of 20 infant deaths over the 5-year period 1971–75, no evidence of a declining relationship between socioeconomic status and infant mortality was found. Both level of community affluence and racial composition of the population exerted direct effects on levels of infant deaths. In addition, both socioeconomic status and racial composition exhibited indirect effects which operated through teenage childbearing. When total infant mortality was subdivided, teenage fertility serves as a mediating variable in the link between socioeconomic status and neonatal mortality, but not for the postneonatal components. Given the nearly equivalent total effect of socioeconomic status on infant mortality, it is concluded that the classic division into neonatal (supposedly a function of biological and genetic agents) and postneonatal (traditionally attributed to social and environmental agents), may be too crude to allow the contemporary effects of the socioenvironmental milieu to be evaluated effectively.

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