Self-acceptance of contemporary adolescence : from the aspect of sense of self-acceptance based on self and on others

The purposes of the present study were to construct a new self-acceptance scale which consist items regarding self-acceptance based on self and on others, and to consider it's validity. New self-acceptance items, Acceptance by others scale, Self-esteem scale and Social anxiety scale were administered to 244 university students. The main results were the following : ①Both self-acceptance based on self scale and self-acceptance based on others scale consisted of three factors: orientation, interpersonal personality and physical attraction. ②The new self-acceptance scale's construct validity was confirmed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis; and relationships between The new self-acceptance scale and the self-esteem scale, and the new self-acceptance scale social anxiety scale were proved. ③Degree of influences of self-acceptance based on self and on others upon self-esteem and social anxiety were different. This suggested that self-acceptance based on self and on others were different