A Study of effect of Self-Esteem on Feeling of Security among Women

low level of security feeling among women has a close relationship with mental characteristics but this has been neglected. The main purpose of this research is to investigate effects of self-esteem and feeling of security among women. Research method is correlation one. Population is women aged 18-40 in Yasouj that 351 cases were selected by means of multi-stage sampling method. Research means of measure security feeling is Heydari & Ahmadi Insecurity Feeling Questionnaire (IFQ) and the research instrument for self-esteem is Rosenberg self-esteem scale (1965). Based on descriptive findings, the mean score of women’s security feeling is at medium level. This research finding suggests that feeling of security is an important problem among women. Based on the analytical results, self-esteem has a significant and positive effect on feeling of security that explains 0/122% of the variance of security feeling. In addition, none of the demographic variables such as age, education level, employment status and marital status have any significant effect on feeling of security. The results show that, self-esteem as a mental trait has a positive effect on security feeling. Therefore, training self-esteem to women as a behavioral skill can increase their security feeling.