title: Relationship of liking of one's given names to self-esteem and social desirability.
abstract: 59 men and 108 women university students rated their first, middle, and last names on seven-point Likert scales. Also, they responded to the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale. Analysis indicated significant sex differences only on the self-esteem measure. Both men and women who scored higher in self-esteem liked their first, middle, and last names better. Persons who had stronger preferences for their own first or last names tended to score higher on social desirability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Alabama, Florence 35632-0001.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Joubert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009275:Names; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability; D013561:Symbolism