Sexual self-esteem is a subjective evaluation of one’s sexuality and is a contributing factor to global self-esteem.
Sexual
self-esteem has been operationally defined by the Sexual Self-Esteem Scale
(Zeanah and Schwarz (1996). The items in the scale are organized into five
subscales. The following names of the five subscales reveal the thinking of
some researchers about the features of sexual self-esteem.
Skill and experience
Attractiveness
Control
Moral judgment
Adaptiveness
Melanie
Oattes and Alia Offman (2007) found that high levels of global self-esteem are associated
with high levels of sexual self-esteem, which was consistent with the work of
others. They also found that sexual self-esteem contributed to understanding
sexual communication beyond the contribution of global self-esteem. Sexual
self-esteem was measured with the Sexual Self-Esteem Scale and global
self-esteem was measured with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg,
1965).
References
Oattes, M. K., & Offman, A. (2007). Global self-esteem
and sexual self-esteem as predictors of sexual communication in intimate
relationships. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 16(3–4),
89–100.
Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image.
Princeton University Press
Zeanah, P.D., & Schwarz, J.C. (1996). Reliability and
validity of the sexual self-esteem inventory for women. Assessment, 3,
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