Measuring Self-esteem Needs Satisfaction among Vietnamese Adults Using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. (English)

A large body of literature has examined the development of self-esteem focusing on age differences during childhood and adolescence. However, there is a dearth of research which focuses on self-esteem during young adulthood and older age groups (18 years old and above). In Vietnam, research on self-esteem needs satisfaction with the application of Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs seems to be absent. This study aims to describe the satisfaction of self-esteem needs of 301 samples aged 18 to 60 years (mean = 34.6, Standard Deviation = 0.77) using Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The Psychologic al Needs Satisfaction Scale of David Lester (1990) was employed. The findings suggest that: (i) The satisfaction of self-esteem needs of Vietnamese adults has the highest mean score among the five needs of the Hierarchy; (ii) The satisfaction of all five needs has a positive correlation with each other, specifically there is a strong correlation between the satisfaction of the self-esteem needs and self-actualisation needs; (iii) Demographic differences in the self-esteem needs satisfaction emerged among age groups and educational levels; however, there seems to be little evidence on the differences within the groups of gender, research sites, personality type and income. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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