CONTINGENCIES OF SELF-WORTH SCALE
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When I think I look attractive‚ I feel good about myself.
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My self-worth is based on God’s love.
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I feel worthwhile when I perform better than others on a task or skill.
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My self-esteem is unrelated to how I feel about the way my body looks.
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Doing something I know is wrong makes me lose my self-respect.
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I don’t care if other people have a negative opinion about me.
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Knowing that my family members love me makes me feel good about myself.
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I feel worthwhile when I have God’s love.
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I can’t respect myself if others don’t respect me.
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My self-worth is not influenced by the quality of my relationships with my family members.
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Whenever I follow my moral principles‚ my sense of self-respect gets a boost.
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Knowing that I am better than others on a task raises my self-esteem.
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My opinion about myself isn’t tied to how well I do in school.
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I couldn’t respect myself if I didn’t live up to a moral code.
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I don’t care what other people think of me.
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When my family members are proud of me‚ my sense of self-worth increases.
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My self-esteem is influenced by how attractive I think my face or facial features are.
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My self-esteem would suffer if I didn’t have God’s love.
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Doing well in school gives me a sense of self-respect.
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Doing better than others gives me a sense of self-respect.
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My sense of self-worth suffers whenever I think I don’t look good.
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I feel better about myself when I know I’m doing well academically.
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What others think of me has no effect on what I think about myself.
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When I don’t feel loved by my family‚ my self-esteem goes down.
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My self-worth is affected by how well I do when I am competing with others.
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My self-esteem goes up when I feel that God loves me.
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My self-esteem is influenced by my academic performance.
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My self-esteem would suffer if I did something unethical.
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It is important to my self-respect that I have a family that cares about me.
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My self-esteem does not depend on whether or not I feel attractive.
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When I think that I’m disobeying God‚ I feel bad about myself.
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My self-worth is influenced by how well I do on competitive tasks.
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I feel bad about myself whenever my academic performance is lacking.
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My self-esteem depends on whether or not I follow my moral/ethical principles.
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My self-esteem depends on the opinions others hold of me.
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