Self-esteem and body esteem: Effects of gender, age, and weight☆
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2023, Psychology of Sport and ExerciseCitation Excerpt :On the one hand, positive appearance evaluations have been shown to be a strong determinant of enhanced self-worth (e.g., Birkeland et al., 2012), whilst higher self-esteem has been associated with heightened self-compassion and self-acceptance which may alleviate worries over appearance (Stapleton et al., 2017). As such, the relationship between self-esteem and appearance approval has become well-established within the scholarly literature (e.g., Mendelson et al., 1996). Advances in the conceptual understanding of self-esteem, however, have emphasised a distinction between the overall level and the contingency of self-worth (Jordan & Zeigler-Hill, 2013).
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Aspects of this research were part of a poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association, Quebec City, Quebec, June 1992. We heartily thank the administrators, teachers, and students of the Baldwin-Cartier School Board for making this project possible, Heidi Zackon and Annick Bucholz for assistance with data collection, Rhonda Amsel for help in shaping this article, and Evelyn Schliecker and Annick Bucholz for comments on a draft of the article. The research was supported by Les Fonds pour la Formation des Chercheurs et Aide à la Recherche, Ministry of Education, Quebec.
The Body-Esteem Scale for Adolescents and Adults (Mendelson, White, & Balfour, 1995), with expanded Weight and Attribution factors, is currently being tested.