Survey dataset on the externalizing self-esteem and gender effects on self-esteem subscales of students in Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Maryam Ghaljahi; Somayeh Rahdar; Seyedeh Zeynab Almasi; Shahin Ahmadi; Chinenye Adaobi Igwegbe

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.019

Survey dataset on the externalizing self-esteem and gender effects on self-esteem subscales of students in Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Data Brief. 2018 Oct 9:21:407-413. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.019. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Maryam Ghaljahi¹, Somayeh Rahdar², Seyedeh Zeynab Almasi³, Shahin Ahmadi², Chinenye Adaobi Igwegbe⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Science, Zabol, Iran.
² Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Zabol University of Medical Science, Zabol, Iran.
³ Research Center Health, School of Public Health, Zahedan University of Medical Science, Zahedan, Iran.
⁴ Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

Abstract

The data presents the self-esteem examination of undergraduate students studying in Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2017 and its relationship with gender. The total number of participants was 100 (49% female and 51% male). The 100 students were selected through random sampling method. The average age of participants was 21.61 years while the youngest and the oldest participants were 19 and 32 years old, respectively. The data were collected using the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI) and analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum) using SPSS version 22 (statistical package for Social Sciences). The detailed dataset is presented in this paper.

Keywords: Data mining; Descriptive statistics; Gender; Self-esteem; Zabol University Students.