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The Rosenberg Self‐Esteem scale and Harter's Self‐Perception profile for adolescents: a concurrent validity study
Author(s) -
Hagborg Winston J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(199304)30:2<132::aid-pits2310300205>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - psychology , self esteem , concurrent validity , scale (ratio) , perception , test validity , clinical psychology , self concept , psychometrics , developmental psychology , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale (RSE) is a widely used measure of global self‐esteem. Although its psychometric properties have found considerable support, its relationship to a multidimensional scale of self‐concept has yet to be investigated. The sample for this study consisted of 150 adolescents randomly drawn in equal numbers and equated by gender from grades 8 to 12. Along with the RSE, Harter's Self‐Perception Profile for Adolescents was administered to assess the adolescents' self‐concept in nine separate domains. Correlational and cross‐validation multiple regression analyses found that the RSE total score and both its factor scores were strongly related to Global Self‐Worth, supporting Rosenberg's conclusions that his scale is a measure of global self‐esteem and that its two identified factors are essentially measuring one rather than two different constructs. Other findings include a gender difference, with females reporting significantly lower RSE scores, and modest correlational support for a grade level rise found in the literature.