Self-esteem among empowered Saudi women.
- 1Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts, University of Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia.
- 2Operation Research & Management Sciences, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Terengganu, Malaysia.
Abstract
Introduction
Self-esteem increases and decreases in response to successes and failures in the domain in which it is invested. Self-esteem has enormous influence on the mental health of women, affecting their adjustment in various spheres of life. A woman's level of self-esteem is dependent on whether she is empowered or not, especially in societies that are still new to empowering women such as Saudi Arabia.Methods
This paper aimed to assess levels of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women. The paper belongs to the descriptive studies category, used the social survey method for a purposive sample of (30) women leaders at the University of Ha'il, and two scales of self-esteem; Rosenberg Self-esteem (RSES) and Global Self-esteem (GSE). Using the following statistical analyses: correlation coefficients, reliability, descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA.Results
The results showed that the level of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women is high on both scales. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Rosenberg scale were feeling satisfaction with themselves; feeling they have several good qualities; taking a positive attitude towards themselves; having the ability to do things as well as most other people and feeling that they are people of worth on an equal plane with others. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Global Self-esteem scale were feeling pleased with their achievements; believing in themselves; feeling satisfied with their qualities and being comfortable with who they were. There are no statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women according to type of scale, age and leadership period. Whereas there were is statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women on the (RSES), while there were on the (GSE).
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BibTeX
@article{mubarak2026selfesteem,
title = {{Self-esteem among empowered Saudi women.}},
author = {Hanaa Faize A Mubarak and Dahiya Awad Muqbil Al-Anazi and Sarah Alhumaidi S Alanazi and Asyraf Afthanorhan},
journal = {Frontiers in psychology},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1904899},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903503},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Self-esteem among empowered Saudi women.
AU - Hanaa Faize A Mubarak
AU - Dahiya Awad Muqbil Al-Anazi
AU - Sarah Alhumaidi S Alanazi
AU - Asyraf Afthanorhan
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
JO - Frontiers in psychology
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1904899
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42903503
AB - Introduction Self-esteem increases and decreases in response to successes and failures in the domain in which it is invested. Self-esteem has enormous influence on the mental health of women, affecting their adjustment in various spheres of life. A woman's level of self-esteem is dependent on whether she is empowered or not, especially in societies that are still new to empowering women such as Saudi Arabia.Methods This paper aimed to assess levels of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women. The paper belongs to the descriptive studies category, used the social survey method for a purposive sample of (30) women leaders at the University of Ha'il, and two scales of self-esteem; Rosenberg Self-esteem (RSES) and Global Self-esteem (GSE). Using the following statistical analyses: correlation coefficients, reliability, descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA.Results The results showed that the level of self-esteem among empowered Saudi women is high on both scales. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Rosenberg scale were feeling satisfaction with themselves; feeling they have several good qualities; taking a positive attitude towards themselves; having the ability to do things as well as most other people and feeling that they are people of worth on an equal plane with others. The most prominent manifestations of their self-esteem according to the Global Self-esteem scale were feeling pleased with their achievements; believing in themselves; feeling satisfied with their qualities and being comfortable with who they were. There are no statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women according to type of scale, age and leadership period. Whereas there were is statistically significant differences in the levels of self-esteem of empowered Saudi women on the (RSES), while there were on the (GSE).
SN - 1664-1078
ER -