Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale – CSWS

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

My self-worth is based on God’s love.

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

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

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

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

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

I feel worthwhile when I have God’s love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My self-esteem is influenced by my academic performance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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