Self-Esteem Stats

“Girls’ self-esteem peaks when they are 9 years old, then takes a nose dive,”

clinical psychologist, Robin F. Goodman, writes on the New York University Child

Study Center Web site.

Seventy-five percent of 8 and 9 year-olds said they liked their looks; that figure dropped to 56 percent among

girls ages 12 and 13.

At age nine, at least half of all girls report having been on a diet. Eighty

percent of eighth grade girls say they are on diets.

Seven million girls and women who have eating disorders, compared with 1

million boys and men, ten percent report onset at 10 years or younger; 33

percent ages 11 to 15.

Twenty percent College-aged women in America are bulimic.

Girls who watch TV commercials featuring underweight models lose self-

confidence and become more dissatisfied with their own bodies (SOURCE: Dove Campaign, “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty to Help

Foster Self-Esteem in Girls”.

One-third of all girls in grades nine to 12 think they are overweight, and 60

percent are trying to lose weight. (Quoting the Girl Scout Research

Institute, 2002-2004).

7 in 10 girls believe that they are not good enough or don’t measure up in

some way, including their looks, performance in school and

relationships with friends and family members.

Across the nation, 50% of young girls are engaged in negative activities like

cutting themselves, or starving themselves because of self-esteem and

image issues.

62% Girls are insecure about themselves

75% of girls with low self-esteem report engaging in negative activities

such as eating disorders, cutting, smoking, drinking when feeling bad

about themselves.

25% of teen girls with low self-esteem purposefully injure or cut themselves.

25% of teen girls with low self-esteem have eating disorders (starving,

refusing to eat, overeating, throwing up, bulimia).

Girls with low self-esteem less likely to receive praise from parents but more

criticism.

34% of girls with low-self esteem feel they are not good enough of a

daughter.

57% of girls have mothers who criticizes her looks .

57% of girls don’t tell mothers things about them because of they don’t want

them to think bad of them

About 20 percent of teens will experience depression before they

reach adulthood.

Teen girls that have a negative view of themselves are four times more likely to take part in activities with boys that

they’ve ended up regretting later.

The top wish among all teen girls is for their parents to communicate better

with them. This includes frequent and more open conversations.

Girls with a high self-esteem are three times more likely to delay sexual

intercourse than girls with low self-esteem.

Source:http://www.medicine.indiana.edu/iu_medicine/02_fall/teenSex.html

Low self-esteem has been linked to violent behavior, school dropout rates,

teenage pregnancy, suicide, and low academic achievement.

Source: Alexandra Delis-Abrams, Ph.D. http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Ab

rams1.html

The World Health Organization (WHO) in a worldwide research reports that more deaths are caused by suicide every year than homicide or war.

Source: Alexandra Delis-Abrams, Ph.D. http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Ab

rams1.html

Low self-esteem is the universal common denominator among literally all people suffering from addictions to any and all mind altering substances

such as alcohol, not genes.

In a study carried out among some female students, 80% of them claimed

that their negative body image was linked to the negative remarks made by

friends and family. Source: http://selfesteem-

activities.com/statistics-on-self-esteem

A survey carried out by Yong Dai, Ph.D., Rebecca F. Nolan, Ph.D., and Qing Zeng, Ph.D. revealed that adolescents who attended church or

other religious institutions are more likely to have a higher self esteem than their peers who have no religious affiliation. It suggests that religious institutions play a part in teaching people how to have a

positive self esteem and have a healthy view of themselves.

Hayes and Fors (1990) report that lower self esteem is often the reason why young girls engage in premarital sexual relationships and is more likely to be responsible for teen pregnancies than any other

single factor. They found that as self-esteem decreases, sexual attitudes and behavior become more permissive.

77 Percent of Girls Consider Themselves Ugly