العلاقة بين تقدير الذات و الاتجاهات اللاعقلانية لدى الطلبة الجامعيين

Abstract EN

This study investigated the effects of gender and academic level on students’ self-esteem and irrational attitudes.

Furthermore, the study examined the relationship between self-esteem and irrational attitudes.

397 university students, aged 18-23 years, completed the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and the irrational attitudes questionnaire.

The results showed no significant differences in self-esteem due to gender or academic level.

For irrational attitudes, there were significant main effects for gender with higher levels of irrational attitudes for females.

No significant main effect for the academic level was found.

Correlational analyses indicated that for females, selfesteem correlated significantly with the global measure of irrational attitudes and with three subscales: negative self-evaluation, internal attribution of failure and irritability.

For males, self-esteem was significantly correlated with the global measure and with the subscale of negative self-evaluation.

All correlations were higher among females than among males.

The counseling implications of these findings are discussed.

(Key words: self-esteem, irrational attitudes, gender differences