Form: Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale, CSWS

1 – Strongly disagree
2 – Disagree
3 – Disagree somewhat
4 – Neutral
5 – Agree somewhat
6 – Agree
7 – Strongly agree
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When I think I look attractive, I feel good about myself.
2
My self-worth is based on God's love.
3
I feel worthwhile when I perform better than others on a task or skill.
4
My self-esteem is unrelated to how I feel about the way my body looks.
5
Doing something I know is wrong makes me lose my self-respect.
6
I don't care if other people have a negative opinion about me.
7
Knowing that my family members love me makes me feel good about myself.
8
I feel worthwhile when I have God's love.
9
I can't respect myself if others don't respect me.
10
My self-worth is not influenced by the quality of my relationships with my family members.
11
Whenever I follow my moral principles, my sense of self-respect gets a boost.
12
Knowing that I am better than others on a task raises my self-esteem.
13
My opinion about myself isn't tied to how well I do in school.
14
I couldn't respect myself if I didn't live up to a moral code.
15
I don't care what other people think of me.
16
When my family members are proud of me, my sense of self-worth increases.
17
My self-esteem is influenced by how attractive I think my face or facial features are.
18
My self-esteem would suffer if I didn't have God's love.
19
Doing well in school gives me a sense of self-respect.
20
Doing better than others gives me a sense of self-respect.
21
My sense of self-worth suffers whenever I think I don't look good.
22
I feel better about myself when I know I'm doing well academically.
23
What others think of me has no effect on what I think about myself.
24
When I don't feel loved by my family, my self-esteem goes down.
25
My self-worth is affected by how well I do when I am competing with others.
26
My self-esteem goes up when I feel that God loves me.
27
My self-esteem is influenced by my academic performance.
28
My self-esteem would suffer if I did something unethical.
29
It is important to my self-respect that I have a family that cares about me.
30
My self-esteem does not depend on whether or not I feel attractive.
31
When I think that I'm disobeying God, I feel bad about myself.
32
My self-worth is influenced by how well I do on competitive tasks.
33
I feel bad about myself whenever my academic performance is lacking.
34
My self-esteem depends on whether or not I follow my moral/ethical principles.
35
My self-esteem depends on the opinions others hold of me.

The presented answer sheet is not an original form and is not intended for printing or use as a handout.

The answer numbers are used only to label response columns. They are NOT scores and should not be used for calculating results.