Religious Behavior, Personality, and Dimensions of Self-Esteem Among 13- to 15-year-old Adolescents

Abstract

Self-esteem (SE) is widely regarded as an indicator of positive psychological functioning. The empirical evidence for an association between SE and religiosity, although extensive, is ambiguous; some studies have reported a positive association, yet others have failed to detect any significant relationship. The aim of the present paper was to clarify any relationships between the components of SE and several religious behavioral variables among a large sample (N = 3,056) of U.K. adolescents. It was demonstrated that SE derived from the regard of peers correlated with none of the religious variables, whereas personal SE and SE derived from parents were significantly associated with most of the religious variables, although the correlations were weak and negative. In order to examine if these weak correlations could be artefacts 61 Downloaded by [UZH Hauptbibliothek / Zentralbibliothek Zürich] at 17:30 04 January 2015 62Hills, Francis, and Jennings of individual differences in personality, the predictive effects of the religious variables were reexamined after allowing for extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism. Only personal bible reading and paternal church attendance remained significant (but small) negative predictors of personal SE. It was concluded, at least among U.K. adolescents, that religious observance is associated with neither increased nor decreased SE. It has no effect in either direction.

The School Short-Form Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: Revised and Improved

“…More recently, Zhang (1997) reported the internal reliability and construct validity of the school short form to be satisfactory. A literature survey has indicated that the short-form inventory is still in general use, mainly as a measure of global self-esteem (e.g., Delaney & Lee, 1995;Francis, 2005;Francis & Gibbs, 1996;Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2006;Jones & Francis, 1996;Robbins, Francis, & Kerr, 2007;Sapp, 1994;Stark, Spirito, Lewis, & Hart, 1990;Williams, Francis, & Robbins, 2006), but the factor structure of the instrument appears not to have been investigated. The present study aims to establish whether the school short-form Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory has an internal structure that might extend the usefulness of the measure beyond its general application as a measure of global self-esteem.…”

How Sustainable is Pupil Self-Esteem as an Educational Objective for Religious Minorities?

“…Previous research has employed the school short-form SEI in relation to physical activity (Delaney & Lee, 1995), effectiveness of counselling (Sapp, 1994) and medical health (Stark et al, 1990). In aspects of Christian religiosity, selfesteem using this measure has been related to God image (Francis, 2005;Robbins et al, 2007), frequency of prayer (Francis & Gibbs, 1996), religious behaviour and personality (Hills et al, 2006), religiosity and religious rejection (Williams et al, 2006).…”

Personalidad y Autoestima: Un análisis sobre el importante papel de sus relaciones

“…A pesar de que la personalidad y la autoestima representan dos de los constructos más estudiados en psicología (Mruk, 2017;Rhodewalt & Tragakis, 2003), la naturaleza teórica de su relación persiste como un tema de debate actual Zeigler-Hill, Besser, Myers, Southard, & Malkin, 2013). Numerosos estudios han explorado este vínculo en distintos contextos como Alemania (Luan et al, 2018;Michaelides et al, 2016), Argentina (Helueni & Enrique, 2015), Brasil (Paiva, Pimente, & Moura, 2017;Schaffhuser, Wagner, Lüdtke, & Allemand, 2014), Bélgica (Rassart, Luyckx, Moons, & Weets, 2014), China (Luk & Bond, 1993;Shi, Liu, Yang, & Wang, 2015;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015), Eslovaquia (Zitny & Halama, 2011), Estados Unidos (Hair & Graziano, 2003;Shackelford & Michalski, 2011), Estonia (Kaare, Mõttus, & Konstabel, 2009), Filipinas (Chen, Widjaja, & Yen, 2015), Grecia (Tsigilis & Srebauite, 2015), Inglaterra (Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2006), Indonesia (Chen et al, 2015), Israel (Zeigler-Hill et al, 2015), Japón (Shikishima et al, 2018), Malasia (Keng Cheng & Law, 2015), Noruega (Halvorsen & Heyerdahl, 2006;von Soest, Wagner, Hansen, & Gerstorf, 2017), Portugal (Neto & Mullet, 2004), Suecia (Lawenius & Veisson, 1996), Taiwan (Chen et al, 2015), Tailandia (Chen et al, 2015), o Turquía (Koruklu, 2015). Por lo general, se observa que la autoestima se encuentra fuertemente asociada al neuroticismo (Bleidorn et al, 2016;…”