SRBIJA! NAJBOLJI SMO, NAJBOLJI!

[Ghoul]

Sept. 27, 2005 -- Want to boost your self-esteem? Your global neighbors might be able to give you some pointers.

A new international self-esteem survey puts Serbia at the top, Japan at the bottom, and the U.S. in sixth place.

The researchers included David Schmitt, PhD. He is an associate professor and chairman of the psychology department at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
The results are due to appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
10 Highest, Lowest Rankings
The countries in the survey's top 10 list for self-esteem are:
•   Serbia
•   Chile
•   Israel
•   Peru
•   Estonia
•   U.S.
•   Turkey
•   Mexico
•   Croatia
•   Austria
The 10 lowest-ranked nations are:
•   South Korea
•   Switzerland
•   Morocco
•   Slovakia
•   Fiji
•   Taiwan
•   Czech Republic
•   Bangladesh
•   Hong Kong
•   Japan
About the Survey
Self-esteem scores were based on anonymous surveys given to nearly 17,000 people in 53 nations. The survey was translated into 28 languages.
Most people who returned a completed survey were college students. Both men and women participated in all countries. The number of participants in each country ranged from 59 in Cyprus to more than 2,700 in the U.S.
The survey asked people to rate how strongly they agreed or disagreed with statements such as "I am able to do things as well as most other people," "I take a positive attitude toward myself," and "All in all, I am inclined to feel that I am a failure."
The survey also covered personality and romantic relationships.
Self-Esteem Patterns
No matter where they lived, people with high self-esteem scores had three things in common:
•   More likely to be extroverts
•   Lower scores for neuroticism
•   More likely to report romantic attachments
High self-esteem may serve "as a natural buffer against anxiety," write Schmitt and colleagues, noting that high self-esteem scores were linked to low neuroticism scores across all cultures.
Cultural Differences
Some cultural differences appeared, especially in the self-competence and self-liking aspects of self-esteem.
People in the most individualistic nations (including the U.S.) tended to rate themselves higher for self-competence than for self-liking. The opposite was true for those in countries that are more oriented to communities, not individuals.
Self-esteem may not get as much attention in some countries. That could make people in those nations more likely to rank themselves in the middle of the spectrum, notes Schmitt.
Self-Esteem by Nation
Here is the full list of each nation's self-esteem scores:
•   Serbia: 33.59
•   Chile: 33.12
•   Israel: 33.03
•   Peru: 33.01
•   Estonia: 32.63
•   United States: 32.21
•   Turkey: 32.14
•   Mexico: 32.04
•   Croatia: 31.94
•   Austria: 31.78
•   Finland: 31.76
•   Slovenia: 31.74
•   Germany: 31.73
•   Netherlands: 31.60
•   Spain: 31.52
•   Portugal: 31.30
•   Greece: 31.29
•   Congo: 31.28
•   Argentina: 31.24
•   Bolivia: 31.24
•   Cyprus: 31.17
•   Australia: 31.07
•   Botswana: 30.85
•   Zimbabwe: 30.77
•   Italy: 30.56
•   U.K.: 30.55
•   Lebanon: 30.52
•   India: 30.44
•   Brazil: 30.34
•   Poland: 30.34
•   New Zealand: 30.24
•   Canada: 30.22
•   Philippines: 29.98
•   Indonesia: 29.88
•   Latvia: 29.88
•   France: 29.86
•   Malaysia: 29.83
•   Belgium: 29.66
•   Lithuania: 29.60
•   Romania: 29.54
•   Malta: 29.53
•   Tanzania: 29.52
•   Ethiopia: 29.24
•   South Korea: 29.17
•   Switzerland: 29.16
•   Morocco: 29.13
•   Slovakia: 28.94
•   Fiji: 28.91
•   Taiwan: 28.77
•   Czech Republic: 28.47
•   Bangladesh: 27.80
•   Hong Kong: 27.54
•   Japan: 25.50
The authors note that all the surveyed nations had average scores above the midpoint of the scale.
SOURCES: Schmitt, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. News release, Bradley University.


(skinuto odavde: http://my.webmd.com/content/article/112/110495.htm )


Kako vam se ovo čini? Šta ovo govori? Šta ovo znači? Koje su implikacije ovih rezultata? Da li vas iznenađuju?

[sandman]

Malo je nabildovano i analiza iz teksta sa uporednim prikazom "najboljih" i "najgorih" ne stoji ili je u najmanju ruku diletantska. Rezultati nisu kompletni, rec samo o zemljama koje imaju natprosecne ocene sto znaci da ima jos dosta zemalja ispod Japana u kojima samopostovanje gotovo da ne postoji i koje nisu navedene a koje svaka analiza mora da obuhvati.

Ali ne treba se ni zaludjivati, rezultati jesu krajnje indikativni. Nismo ni Japan, ni Amerika, a ni Nemacka i nas visok plasman (a bogami, u stopu nas prate neke druge bivse Jugoslovenske republike) je porazavajuci.


Meni je najinteresantnija tvrdnja da viskoplasirani imaju NISKE rezultate za neuroticnost

A psihoticnost, da li je neko merio?  

[mac]

Razlika između Srba i Bugara je u tome što Bugari znaju da su mali narod. (davno rekao neko poznat, zaboravio sam ko)

[Ghoul]

Pa ne znam baš KOLKO to Bugari znaju. Mislim, oni obični, na ulici.

Kad sam bio u Rilskom Manastiru, dezurni vodič nam je ispričao jednu prilično pompeznu priču o Bugarima, a nju potcrtavaju i natpisi pored nekih njinih knjiga iz X i XI veka, gde na engleskom lepo stoji (citiram): BULGARIANS – EDUCATORS OF THE SLAVS !

Ali nisu Bugari ovde tema, uostalom, shvatam tvoju poentu, i uglavnom se slažem: u kurčenju nama u okolini nema ravnih (možda, eventualno, među onim inbreeding illiterate redneck degen Šiptarima, ali i to sumnjam...)

[Jake Chambers]

Hahahahahah evo nam i dokaza! Sjajno. I sta sad? Osvajamo svijet?
A kad ste kod Bugara... oni tvrde cak i da su Cirilo i Metodije bili Bugari hahahahahahahah!

[Antonius]

Hahahahahah evo nam i dokaza! Sjajno. I sta sad? Osvajamo svijet?
A kad ste kod Bugara... oni tvrde cak i da su Cirilo i Metodije bili Bugari hahahahahahahah!

Ne, oni su pravoslavci, ma srbende bre...

[Dreamlord]

Bugari  tvrde da nikada nisu izgubili rat u istoriji. Pa se niko ne osvrce na takve idiotarije...

Poznat je izraz Bugarska politika. Prevrtljiva gamad...