Self-esteem among empowered Saudi women

Self-esteem increases and decreases in response to successes and failures in the domain in which it is invested. Self-esteem has enormous influence on the mental health of women, affecting their adjustment in various spheres of life. A woman's level of self-esteem is dependent on whether she is empowered or not, especially in societies that are still new to empowering women such as Saudi Arabia.

This paper aimed to assess levels of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women. The paper belongs to the descriptive studies category, used the social survey method for a purposive sample of (30) women leaders at the University of Ha'il, and two scales of self-esteem; Rosenberg Self-esteem (RSES) and Global Self-esteem (GSE). Using the following statistical analyses: correlation coefficients, reliability, descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA.

The results showed that the level of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women is high on both scales. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Rosenberg scale were feeling satisfaction with themselves; feeling they have several good qualities; taking a positive attitude towards themselves; having the ability to do things as well as most other people and feeling that they are people of worth on an equal plane with others. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Global Self-esteem scale were feeling pleased with their achievements; believing in themselves; feeling satisfied with their qualities and being comfortable with who they were. There are no statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women according to type of scale, age and leadership period. Whereas there were is statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women on the (RSES), while there were on the (GSE).