The Relationship Between Selected Personality Traits and Self-Esteem Among Female Nursing Students

Abstract

For a sample of 75 female senior nursing students, responses to the need scales of the Adjective Check List (ACL) were correlated with Total P Scores from the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale. The measure of self-esteem exhibited statistically significant correlation coefficients of .30 (p < .02), .39 (p < .01), and .34 (p < .01) with the ACL scales of Endurance, Nurturance, and Affiliation. Statistically significant negative coefficients of -.31 (p < .01), and -.51 (p < .01) were found for the ACL scales of Aggression and Succorance.

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Gough, H. G. and Hilbrun, A. B. The Adjective Check List, Palo Alto: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1965.