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Dimensionality and validity of two scales measuring different aspects of self‐esteem
Author(s) -
FORSMAN LENNART,
JOHNSON MAARIT
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1996.tb00635.x
Subject(s) - psychology , neuroticism , extraversion and introversion , construct validity , self esteem , concurrent validity , developmental psychology , competence (human resources) , test validity , projective test , personality , social psychology , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , big five personality traits , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis
Two self‐esteem (SE) scales aimed to measure self‐esteem–conceptualized primarily (a) as the individual's ego‐integrated libidinous and aggressive drives and their derivatives (Basic SE), and (b) as the need to earn self‐esteem by competence and others' appraisal (Earning SE)–were developed and factor analysed. In order to construct‐ and cross‐validate the scales, they were related to other well‐known personality scales as well as to a projective technique (TAT) in two independent samples of first semester psychology students ( n = 153, n = 82). The empirical factor structure coincided well with the theoretical formulations. Basic SE showed concurrent validity being highly correlated ( p < 0.001) with both Rosenberg's and Coopersmith's self‐esteem scales and highly or moderately with Neuroticism, Extraversion (EPQ) and Test‐Anxicty (TAS) in both samples. Earning SE gained some construct validation by its relation to Type‐A scores (JAS) as well as to verbal fantasy stories on TAT‐pictures measuring Need of Achievement.