RSES
ValidatedRosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
Adolescents (high-school age) and adultsSelf~2 min10 questions
Below is a list of statements dealing with your general feelings about yourself. If you strongly agree, choose SA. If you agree with the statement, choose A. If you disagree, choose D. If you strongly disagree, choose SD.
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About this screener — evidence, source
Ten items — five positively and five negatively worded — rated from strongly agree to strongly disagree, giving a global self-esteem score from 0 to 30 (higher = higher self-esteem). Useful for describing and tracking self-esteem in therapy; it is not a diagnostic screen and has no official cut-offs.
Evidence · validated
Developed with 5,024 New York State high-school juniors and seniors. Test–retest correlations are typically .82–.88 and Cronbach's alpha .77–.88 across samples (Blascovich & Tomaka, 1993; Rosenberg, 1986). Both one-factor and two-factor (self-confidence / self-deprecation) structures have been reported. No validated clinical cut-off exists, so the total is reported without bands.
Source & licence
Rosenberg M. Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press; 1965 (revised edition, Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press; 1989).
Licence: Public domain — the University of Maryland Department of Sociology states the scale may be used without charge and without notification, including translations and adaptations
Attribute to Morris Rosenberg, consistent with scholarly practice.
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