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Decomposing global self-esteem.

Romin W Tafarodi1, Alan B Milne

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. tafarodi@psych.utoronto.ca

Journal of Personality
|July 4, 2002
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This study differentiates global self-esteem into self-competence and self-liking. These two dimensions uniquely predict responses to negative life events and word recognition tasks.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

Background:

  • Global self-esteem is often treated as a unidimensional construct.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the nuanced nature of self-esteem.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To differentiate global self-esteem into two core dimensions: self-competence and self-liking.
  • To validate these dimensions using established psychological scales.
  • To examine the distinct predictive utility of self-competence and self-liking.

Main Methods:

  • Factor analysis was employed to identify the two dimensions within Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale.
  • Correlational analyses were used to assess the relationship between the dimensions and external criteria.
  • Predictive modeling examined the unique contributions of self-competence and self-liking.

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Main Results:

  • Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale was found to comprise two distinct factors: self-competence and self-liking.
  • Self-competence and self-liking demonstrated unique associations with negative life events.
  • Both dimensions showed differential predictive value for word recognition performance.

Conclusions:

  • Global self-esteem is better understood as a two-dimensional construct, comprising self-competence and self-liking.
  • This two-dimensional model offers enhanced explanatory power for psychological phenomena.
  • Future research should consider these distinct facets of self-esteem in various contexts.