Others’ approval 

*1.I don’t care what other people think of me.

*2.What others think of me has no effect on what I think about myself. 

*3.I don’t care if other people have a negative opinion about me.

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

5.I can’t respect myself if others don’t respect me.  

Appearance 

*6.My self-esteem does not depend on whether or not I feel attractive.

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

8.My sense of self-worth suffers whenever I think I don’t look good.

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

10.When I think I look attractive, I feel good about myself. 

Competition 

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

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

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

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

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

Academic competence 

16.My self-esteem is influenced by my academic performance.

17.I feel better about myself when I know I’m doing well academically.

18.Doing well in school gives me a sense of self-respect.

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

*20.My opinion about myself isn’t tied to how well I do in school.

Family support 

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

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

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

24.When I don’t feel loved by my family, my self-esteem goes down. 

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

Virtue 

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

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

28.I couldn’t respect myself if I didn’t live up to a moral code.

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

30.Doing something I know is wrong makes me lose my self-respect. 

God’s love 

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

32.I feel worthwhile when I have God’s love.

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

34.My self-worth is based on God’s love.

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

注：带*为反向计分项目