Thursday, March 23, 2023

Sexual Self-Esteem

 


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 Sexuality16(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, 1-15

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