Relationship of number of siblings, family type and index of self-esteem in UNL students

Abigail Cheesman | University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Methods

Participants

534 university undergraduate students from UNL (traditional and nontraditional) who were enrolled in an introductory stats course took a survey as well as gave surveys to their friends and associates such as other students in classes, dorm, frat/sorority house, apartment, etc. 222 (41.6 %) of these participants identified as male while 312 (58.4%) identified as female. The participants had a mean age of 21.0112 with a range from 17 to 34. 34 (6.4%) of these participants identified as African American, 5(.9%) identified as Asian American, 458 (82%) identified as European American, 11 (2.1%) identified as Hispanic American, 2 (.4%) identified as Native American and 42 (7.9%) of participants identified as Other.

Materials

Students in this introductory stats course completed a self-report questionnaire in a natural setting. This survey included demographic questions such as age, gender, race, etc. Participants completed a set of surveys but only some were included in the analyses. The survey that was used in this analysis was the Index of Self-Esteem (ISE) which is a 25-item scale that is designed to measure the degree, severity or magnitude of a problem with self-esteem. Higher scores mean higher self-esteem.

Procedure

Investigators first completed one survey themselves and then asked other undergraduate students whether traditional or nontraditional to complete 5 surveys for each researcher. Researchers then scored and collated the surveys that were then put into a larger database that had data from multiple sections. From this data, researchers formulated hypotheses and completed their analyses.