Article Dans Une Revue Personality and Individual Differences Année : 2023

Self-esteem in male and female college students: Does childhood/adolescence background matter more than young-adulthood conditions?

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The aim of the present study was to investigate self-esteem associated factors related to childhood/adolescence or young-adulthood in male and female college students. Based on the i-Share cohort, childhood/adolescence and young-adulthood related factors were collected at study enrolment. Three months later, global self-esteem was evaluated through the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale. Linear regression models were performed for the different time period factors (childhood/adolescence factors, young-adulthood factors) and R-squared were computed for each model. Among the 6602 college students included, 78.8 % were female with a mean age of 20.7 (SD = 2.2) and mean self-esteem score of 27.6 (SD = 5.7) for females and 30.3 (SD = 5.7) for males. Low self-esteem was associated with factors related to childhood/adolescence (weak parental support, life events, parents with depression or anxiety problems) and young adulthood (freshmen year, high BMI, dissatisfaction with social life, not practicing sports or extra-university activities). Factors related to young adulthood seem to explain more variability among males than factors related to childhood/adolescence (9 % versus 5 %), whereas the opposite was observed for females (5 % versus 7 %). Interventions targeting self-esteem should address several factors that consider period of life and gender to intervene efficiently (during childhood/adolescence for females and young-adulthood for males). © 2023 Elsevier Ltd

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hal-04028659 , version 1 (31-03-2025)

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Julie Arsandaux, Emilie Boujut, Reda Salamon, Christophe Tzourio, Cedric Galera. Self-esteem in male and female college students: Does childhood/adolescence background matter more than young-adulthood conditions?. Personality and Individual Differences, 2023, 206, ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2023.112117⟩. ⟨hal-04028659⟩
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