外貌/品质自我评价对自尊预测作用的性别差异

Which One Determines Your Global Self-Esteem:Physical Attractiveness or Personality Character?

个体在不同维度(例如:生理外貌/心理品质)上的自我评价会影响其总体自尊,但哪一方面的自我评价能更好地预测个体的自尊水平还不清楚。研究通过被试对自身外貌/品质的评价来探讨外貌/品质自我评价对自尊的预测作用。结果发现,男性的品质自我评价对其自尊的预测作用要大于外貌自我评价对其自尊的预测作用;而对于女性来说,只有外貌自我评价能显著预测其自尊水平,并且只有在高外貌自我评价组,品质自我评价才能预测女性自尊。

The purpose of the present study was to examine the gender differences in prediction of self-esteem by external appearance and internal character. A total of180 participants（ 90 females and 90 males） were included in the study. Firstly,participants were asked to judge the extent how the 40 words（ 20 appearance/20 character） describe themselves by using 5-point scale（ 1 = not at all like me,5 = very much like me）,and then the Rosenberg self-esteem scale（ RSES） was used to assess participants＇ global selfesteem. The results showed that man ＇s self-esteem was more affected by personality character than physical appearance,but only the physical appearance self-evaluation showed a significant correlation with woman＇s self-esteem. The findings offer support to the hypothesis that character self-evaluation,compared with appearance self-evaluation,could predict the man＇s self-esteem better; while the appearance self-evaluation could make a larger influence on the woman＇s self-esteem compared to the character selfevaluation.