The Interrelationships of Ego Strength, Self-Esteem, Death Anxiety, and Gender in Undergraduate College Students

Abstract

The interrelationships of ego strength (Barron Ego Strength Scale), death anxiety (Death Anxiety Scale), and self-esteem (Texas Social Behavior Inventory) were studied in undergraduate university males (n = 20) and females (n = 59). Significant negative relationships between death anxiety and self-esteem and ego strength, and a significant positive relationship between self-esteem and ego strength were shown by both males and females. Moreover, males showed significantly higher self-esteem and ego strength scores, and significantly lower death anxiety scores than did females.

Similarities and differences between “traditional” and “nontraditional” college students in selected personality characteristics

“…First, the general finding that women had significantly higher manifest anxi-ety than men did corroborates previous reports (Tramill, Davis, Bremer, Dudeck, & Elsbury, 1982;TramilI, K1einhamrner-TramilI, Davis, Parks, & Alexander, 1984). Likewise, the significantly higher self-esteem scores recorded by the men in the present study are also in agreement with previously reported data (Davis, Bremer, Anderson, & Tramill, 1983;Davis, Martin, WiJee, & Voorhees, 1978).…”

Death Anxiety in a National Sample of United States Funeral Directors and its Relationship with Death Exposure, Age, and Sex

“…The development in the literature from the 1980s to the present indicate sex differences in death anxiety, with women experiencing more anxiety about death than men (Abel-Khalek, 1998Abdel-Khalek & Al-Kandari, 2007;Dattel & Neimeyer, 1990;Davis, Bremer, Anderson, & Tramill, 1983;Lester, Templer, & Abdel-Khalek, 2007;Lonetto & Templer, 1986;Rasmussen & Johnson, 1994;Suhail & Akram, 2002;Thorson & Powell, 1984, 1988, 1993. To ascertain differences in death anxiety among men and women, Thorson and Powell (1984) sampled students (N = 578, 92 men, 486 women) who ranged in age from 16 to 60 and over.…”

Developmental Indices Among Central American Immigrants Exposed to War-Related Trauma: Clinical Implications for Counselors

“…Theoretically, identity/identity confusion is accompanied by uncertainty as a person actively explores values, behaviors, and attitudes both internally and in relation to the greater society (Erikson, 1959(Erikson, , 1964Hamachek, 1988;Marcia, 1966). This phenomenon is called "moratorium," wherein one might expect lowered self-esteem and more depressive and anxious symptomatology than would be expected for those with an achieved sense of self (Atkinson et al, 1998;Davis, Bremer, Anderson, & Tramill, 1983;Prager, 1982;Sterling & Van Horn, 1989). This is considered to be the normal transitory state of being that is experienced while a person addresses the task of identity development (Prager, 1982;Sterling & Van Horn, 1989).…”