Contingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem among college women: The role of masculine and feminine traits endorsement
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Mandal, Eugenia
Moroń, Marcin
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The study examined the relative importance of seven contingencies of self-worth of Polish college women's (appearance, others' approval, competition, academic competencies, family support, virtue, God's love), as well as the associations between preference for particular contingencies and global self-esteem. Additionally, the predictive role of the self-assignment of masculine and feminine traits for both contingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem was investigated. The participants were one hundred and ninety-four Polish women in emerging adulthood (aged from 19 to 26; M = 21.36; SD = 1.67). Participants provided self-reports of self-ascription of masculine and feminine traits, the contingencies of self-worth, and self-esteem. Obtained results showed that the family support contingency of self-worth was the most preferred one, followed by virtue contingent self-worth, academic competencies, competition, and appearance contingencies of self-esteem, while the less preferred contingencies were: others' approval and God's love. Appearance and others’ approval contingencies of self-worth correlated negatively with self-esteem. Masculine traits were positively linked to competition contingency of self-worth, but negatively to physical appearance self-worth contingency and others’ approval self-worth contingency, whereas feminine traits were positively correlated with both physical appearance self-worth contingency and others’ approval self-worth contingency. The findings showed the positive associations between self-ascription of traits regarded to be masculine and self-esteem, and a lack of significant associations between self-description of feminine traits and self-esteem. Structural equation modeling demonstrated predictive role of masculine traits for self-esteem when feminine traits’ self-ascription and contingencies of self-worth were controlled.
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self-esteem contingencies of self-esteem masculinity femininityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2019-11-13
Journal title
Social Psychological Bulletin
Volume
14
Issue
3
Article number
Article e33507
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Mandal, E., & Moroń, M. (2019). Contingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem among college women: The role of masculine and feminine traits endorsement. Social Psychological Bulletin, 14(3), Article e33507. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.v14i3.33507
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Mandal, Eugenia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Moroń, Marcin
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Date of first publication2019-11-13
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Abstract / DescriptionThe study examined the relative importance of seven contingencies of self-worth of Polish college women's (appearance, others' approval, competition, academic competencies, family support, virtue, God's love), as well as the associations between preference for particular contingencies and global self-esteem. Additionally, the predictive role of the self-assignment of masculine and feminine traits for both contingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem was investigated. The participants were one hundred and ninety-four Polish women in emerging adulthood (aged from 19 to 26; M = 21.36; SD = 1.67). Participants provided self-reports of self-ascription of masculine and feminine traits, the contingencies of self-worth, and self-esteem. Obtained results showed that the family support contingency of self-worth was the most preferred one, followed by virtue contingent self-worth, academic competencies, competition, and appearance contingencies of self-esteem, while the less preferred contingencies were: others' approval and God's love. Appearance and others’ approval contingencies of self-worth correlated negatively with self-esteem. Masculine traits were positively linked to competition contingency of self-worth, but negatively to physical appearance self-worth contingency and others’ approval self-worth contingency, whereas feminine traits were positively correlated with both physical appearance self-worth contingency and others’ approval self-worth contingency. The findings showed the positive associations between self-ascription of traits regarded to be masculine and self-esteem, and a lack of significant associations between self-description of feminine traits and self-esteem. Structural equation modeling demonstrated predictive role of masculine traits for self-esteem when feminine traits’ self-ascription and contingencies of self-worth were controlled.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationMandal, E., & Moroń, M. (2019). Contingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem among college women: The role of masculine and feminine traits endorsement. Social Psychological Bulletin, 14(3), Article e33507. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.v14i3.33507en_US
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ISSN2569-653X
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/5824
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.6428
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.32872/spb.v14i3.33507
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2622
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Keyword(s)self-esteemen_US
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Keyword(s)contingencies of self-esteemen_US
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Keyword(s)masculinityen_US
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Keyword(s)femininityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleContingencies of self-worth and global self-esteem among college women: The role of masculine and feminine traits endorsementen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Article numberArticle e33507
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Issue3
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Journal titleSocial Psychological Bulletin
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Volume14
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