Objective: To explore the self-esteem condition and influencing factors of college students in Shandong province.
Methods: Adopting the method of stratified stochastic cluster sampling, 1500 students from seven universities in Shandong province were surveyed by The Self-esteem Scale of College Students and The Basic Status Questionnaire.
Results: The self-esteem of college students had an average score of( 138. 49 ± 16. 56), it was in intermediate level. Significant difference in different grades( F = 10. 715, P < 0. 01) and genders( F = 5. 588, P < 0. 05) had been found. There was no significant difference in professions and residences on the self-esteem. The selfesteem of the singleton was higher than the non-singleton( F = 3. 114, P < 0. 01), and the college students live together with parents was higher than the single families' students( F= 5. 925, P < 0. 01). The self-esteem of the students who had high score( F = 6. 379, P< 0. 01) or were class leader( F = 5. 732, P < 0. 05) or take an active part in club( F =13. 446, P < 0. 01) or had healthy life-styles( P < 0. 05) was high.
Conclusion: The self-esteem of university students have significant difference in genders, grades, singleton, family types, school scores and life-styles. There are no differences between different professions, residences or family finances on the self-esteem.
Keywords: college students; influencing factors; self-esteem.