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Do ethnicity and sex-role ideology influence self-esteem among US and West-African young adults: An exploratory cross-cultural study

Published in: Journal of Psychology in Africa
Volume 28 , issue 6 , 2018 , pages: 462–467

DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2018.1544395

Author(s): Adote Anum Department of Psychology, Ghana , Charity S. Akotia Department of Psychology, Ghana , Princess Akin-Olugbade Department of Psychology, Ghana

Keywords: Ghana , Nigeria , self-esteem , sex-role ideology

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Abstract

We explored ethnicity and sex-role ideology influences on self-esteem among young adults contrasting self-report data by university students from West-Africa (n = 144; females = 58.33%) and the United States (n = 57; females = 73.68%). The students (N = 201) completed measures of sex-role ideology and personal and collective self-esteem. Following regression analysis, we found ethnicity differences in self-esteem. US students scored higher than West-African students did on three self-esteem measures. Sex-role ideology did not predict self-esteem both between and within cultural settings. Findings may be explained by the conflation of ethnicity and sex-role ideology in the study sample.

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