{"title":"Digging deeper into the relationship between self-esteem and mate value","authors":"Gary L. Brase, Meghan H. Dillon","doi":"10.1016/j.paid.2021.111219","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Self-esteem is correlated with both gender (women reporting lower scores on average) and mate value. Both self-esteem and mate value, however, are often measured with multidimensional scales, and the documented relationship between these overall constructs has not been studied in terms of subcomponents. Using multidimensional measures of both self-esteem and mate value, the current study (<em>n</em><span> = 192) found expected sex difference in self-esteem and a correlation with mate value. These correlations extended pervasively into subscales, with a few notable exceptions, and the strongest relationships were with the overall scale scores. These results are consistent with sociometer theory and the idea that self-perceived mate value is a component of overall self-concept and esteem. Generally stronger correlations between self-esteem and mate value were found for men, relative to women, and further research is needed to assess the generalizability of these findings across more diverse samples.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":48467,"journal":{"name":"Personality and Individual Differences","volume":"185 ","pages":"Article 111219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Personality and Individual Differences","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886921005985","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Self-esteem is correlated with both gender (women reporting lower scores on average) and mate value. Both self-esteem and mate value, however, are often measured with multidimensional scales, and the documented relationship between these overall constructs has not been studied in terms of subcomponents. Using multidimensional measures of both self-esteem and mate value, the current study (n = 192) found expected sex difference in self-esteem and a correlation with mate value. These correlations extended pervasively into subscales, with a few notable exceptions, and the strongest relationships were with the overall scale scores. These results are consistent with sociometer theory and the idea that self-perceived mate value is a component of overall self-concept and esteem. Generally stronger correlations between self-esteem and mate value were found for men, relative to women, and further research is needed to assess the generalizability of these findings across more diverse samples.
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Personality and Individual Differences is devoted to the publication of articles (experimental, theoretical, review) which aim to integrate as far as possible the major factors of personality with empirical paradigms from experimental, physiological, animal, clinical, educational, criminological or industrial psychology or to seek an explanation for the causes and major determinants of individual differences in concepts derived from these disciplines. The editors are concerned with both genetic and environmental causes, and they are particularly interested in possible interaction effects.
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