Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Assumption of Sex Role in Young Men and Women

Abstract

This study investigated the use of the English translation of a paper-and-pencil self-confidence scale developed in French by Garant, Charest, Alain, and Thomassin in 1995. The translated self-confidence scale measured self-confidence, or the belief that one will succeed at whatever one undertakes, as distinct from self-esteem or the feeling that one is a worthwhile person. Unlike a number of previous studies. there was no sex difference in self-confidence favoring men: however, scores on the masculinity portion of Bem's Sex role Inventory (1974) were highly correlated with self-confidence for both men (r=.59) and women (r=.69).

Efficacy of Vardenafil and Influence on Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence in Patients with Severe Erectile Dysfunction

“…Larger studies would therefore be helpful in confirming the improvement in self-esteem following vardenafil treatment. The Johnson and McCoy Self-Confidence questionnaire has also been applied previously in the context of sexual function [23]. In the present study, no significant difference was observed between vardenafil and placebo in total score, but there was a difference in favor of vardenafil in the Attitudes and Beliefs domain.…”

“…However, at the time of study inception, no other validated tools were available for specifically assessing self-esteem. As the Rosenberg scale has previously been used in the context of sexual function [23], it was employed in the present study. Overall, there was no significant difference between vardenafil and placebo in self-esteem total score, although in subjects with severe ED there was a significant difference in favor of vardenafil.…”

“…Several studies have shown that ED has a significant negative impact on the quality of life of sufferers and their partners, affecting their emotional stability [20][21][22][23]24,25]. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of vardenafil on erectile function (EF) in patients with ED, its effect on self-esteem, self-confidence, and quality of life.…”

Sex, Gender, and Age: Contributions to Laboratory Pain Responding in Children and Adolescents

“…One possible explanation for this finding might come from the literature on self-esteem and gender, indicating a positive relationship between scores on self-perception scales of masculinity and global selfworth or self-esteem in both female and male adolescents. 16,18 We did not assess self-esteem; we can only speculate that higher masculinity was associated with higher self-esteem in our sample, and higher self-esteem led to differing outcomes for the 2 sexes' responses to the heat task. Girls higher in self esteem might have been more assertive in rating heat pain as intense if they perceived it to be so, because there would be no unambiguous feminine gender-related challenge to a girl's selfesteem in reporting pain, whereas boys higher in self esteem might have given a low rating of heat intensity, in keeping with a masculine stereotype of withstanding pain.…”

Masculinity Priming

“…The preponderance of recent research documenting the negative association between masculinity constructs and well-being is grounded in the gender role strain paradigm (Levant, 2011;Wong et al, 2010), a feminist social constructionist perspective that views gender roles as restrictive behavioral repertoires designed to maintain power differences between the sexes. In contrast to the gender role strain paradigm, studies that rely on the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) have found that masculinity was positively associated with men's self-confidence (Johnson & McCoy, 2000). Given that Bem conceptualized masculinity as a set of socially desirable personality traits (e.g., being decisive) thought to be characteristic of men, it is not surprising that higher BSRI masculinity scores were positively correlated with self-competence.…”