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The development and validation of the Relational Self‐Esteem Scale
Author(s) -
DU HONGFEI,
KING RONNEL B.,
CHI PEILIAN
Publication year - 2012
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.1467-9450.2012.00946.x
Subject(s) - nomological network , psychology , self esteem , scale (ratio) , construct (python library) , social psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , internal consistency , construct validity , consistency (knowledge bases) , personal development , structural equation modeling , psychometrics , developmental psychology , statistics , computer science , psychotherapist , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , programming language
Du, H., King, R.B. & Chi, P. (2012). The development and validation of the Relational Self‐Esteem Scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 53, 258–264. According to the tripartite model of the self (Brewer & Gardner, 1996), the self consists of three aspects: personal, relational, and collective. Correspondingly, individuals can achieve a sense of self‐worth through their personal attributes (personal self‐esteem), relationship with significant others (relational self‐esteem), or social group membership (collective self‐esteem). Existing measures on personal and collective self‐esteem are available in the literature; however, no scale exists that assesses relational self‐esteem. The authors developed a scale to measure individual differences in relational self‐esteem and tested it with two samples of Chinese university students. Between and within‐network approaches to construct validation were used. The scale showed adequate internal consistency reliability and results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed good fit. It also exhibited meaningful correlations with theoretically relevant constructs in the nomological network. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.