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Data: Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale (CSWS)

Source: R/datasets.R
csws.Rd

A dataset containing items from the Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale (CSWS) scale. There are 35 variables and 680 observations

Usage

data("csws")

Format

A data frame with 35 variables and 680 observations (7 point Likert scale)

Details

  • 1 When I think I look attractive, I feel good about myself

  • 2 My self-worth is based on God's love

  • 3 I feel worthwhile when I perform better than others on a task or skill.

  • 4 My self-esteem is unrelated to how I feel about the way my body looks.

  • 5 Doing something I know is wrong makes me lose my self-respect

  • 6 I don't care if other people have a negative opinion about me.

  • 7 Knowing that my family members love me makes me feel good about myself.

  • 8 I feel worthwhile when I have God's love.

  • 9 I can’t respect myself if others don't respect me.

  • 10 My self-worth is not influenced by the quality of my relationships with my family members.

  • 11 Whenever I follow my moral principles, my sense of self-respect gets a boost.

  • 12 Knowing that I am better than others on a task raises my self-esteem.

  • 13 My opinion about myself isn't tied to how well I do in school.

  • 14 I couldn't respect myself if I didn't live up to a moral code.

  • 15 I don't care what other people think of me.

  • 16 When my family members are proud of me, my sense of self-worth increases.

  • 17 My self-esteem is influenced by how attractive I think my face or facial features are.

  • 18 My self-esteem would suffer if I didn’t have God's love.

  • 19 Doing well in school gives me a sense of selfrespect.

  • 20 Doing better than others gives me a sense of self-respect.

  • 21 My sense of self-worth suffers whenever I think I don't look good.

  • 22 I feel better about myself when I know I'm doing well academically.

  • 23 What others think of me has no effect on what I think about myself.

  • 24 When I don’t feel loved by my family, my selfesteem goes down.

  • 25 My self-worth is affected by how well I do when I am competing with others.

  • 26 My self-esteem goes up when I feel that God loves me.

  • 27 My self-esteem is influenced by my academic performance.

  • 28 My self-esteem would suffer if I did something unethical.

  • 29 It is important to my self-respect that I have a family that cares about me.

  • 30 My self-esteem does not depend on whether or not I feel attractive.

  • 31 When I think that I’m disobeying God, I feel bad about myself.

  • 32 My self-worth is influenced by how well I do on competitive tasks.

  • 33 I feel bad about myself whenever my academic performance is lacking.

  • 34 My self-esteem depends on whether or not I follow my moral/ethical principles.

  • 35 My self-esteem depends on the opinions others hold of me.

  • gender "M" (male) or "F" (female)

Note

There are seven domains

FAMILY SUPPORT: items 7, 10, 16, 24, and 29.

COMPETITION: items 3, 12, 20, 25, and 32.

APPEARANCE: items 1, 4, 17, 21, and 30.

GOD'S LOVE: items 2, 8, 18, 26, and 31.

ACADEMIC COMPETENCE: items 13, 19, 22, 27, and 33.

VIRTUE: items 5, 11, 14, 28, and 34.

APPROVAL FROM OTHERS: items: 6, 9, 15, 23, and 35.

References

Briganti, G., Fried, E. I., & Linkowski, P. (2019). Network analysis of Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale in 680 university students. Psychiatry research, 272, 252-257.

Examples

data("csws")