Method Effects in Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale and Their Correlates

Further Support for Multidimensionality Within the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Although the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale is one of the most widely used measures of global self esteem, the underlying measurement structure of the items is still debated. In this study the dimensionality of a six item version of the Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale included in the National Population Health Survey of Canada was examined using nested confirmatory factor analyses. The results indicat...

Factor Structure of the Rosenberg Self - Esteem Scale

This study evaluated the factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with a diverse sample of 1,248 European American, Latino, Armenian, and Iranian adolescents. Adolescents completed the 10-item RSES during school as part of a larger study on parental influences and academic outcomes. Findings suggested that method effects in the RSES are more strongly associated with negatively...

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: translation and validation in university students.

The aim of this study was to translate into Spanish and to validate the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), completed by 420 university students. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the model that best fit the data, both in the total sample and in the male and female subsamples, was the one-factor structure with method effects associated with positively worded items. The results indicate...

Urdu Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: An Analysis of Reliability and Validity in Pakistan

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) is most renowned measure of self-esteem and available in many languages including Urdu [1,2]. This research is conducted to analyze the psychometric properties of Urdu RSES. Data of 375 university students including 205 males and 170 females were taken from different public sector universities of Karachi, Pakistan. The respondents’ age ranges from18 to 35 year...

Measurement invariance of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale between British and Chinese college students