TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Shyness and self-esteem in women. The role of likeability, personal power, lovability, and self-worth conditioned by others' approval
JO  - Current issues in personality psychology
A1  - Mandal, Eugenia
SP  - 310
EP  - 318
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: The relation between shyness and self-esteem in women has not been fully elucidated. Shyness is a source of many problems in social interactions, although it may be positively evaluated by women as a stereotypically female trait. The aim of the study was to examine relations between shyness, self-esteem, its dimensions, and contingencies of self-worth in women. It also compared the self-esteem and contingencies of self-worth in shy and bold women. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE: The study was conducted in a sample of 1020 Polish women, aged 18-73. The Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale, the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, and the Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale were used. <br><br>RESULTS: The results of linear multiple regression showed that predictors of shyness were dimensions of self-esteem related to likeability, personal power, lovability, body functioning, academic/professional competences, and self-worth conditioned by others' approval and God's love. Shy women had significantly lower global self-esteem in comparison to bold women. Shy women evaluated themselves lower than bold women did, in all the dimensions of self-esteem. Both shy and bold women find family support and academic/professional competencies the main contingencies of self-worth, and God's love was indicated the least. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results illustrated the importance of shyness for women's self-esteem, and also have implications for understanding how shy and bold women may express themselves in social life.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2353-4192
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/CIPP/171607
ID  - ref1
ER  -