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Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) is a 10-item scale measuring self-esteem within respondents. Half of the scale items are worded positively, while the other half are worded negatively. Each scale item is answered using a 4-point Likert scale, 1 being strongly agree and 4 being strongly disagree. Subscore(s): Self-Esteem
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Self Awareness ; Self-Esteem
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
1-2 minutes
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Undefined
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Goldsmith, R. E. (1986). Dimensionality of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 1(2), 253. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1292258992?accountid=9758
Gray-Little, B., Williams, V. S., & Hancock, T. D. (1997). An item response theory analysis of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23(5), 443-451. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167297235001
Greenberger, E., Chen, C., Dmitrieva, J., & Farruggia, S. P. (2003). Item-wording and the dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Do they matter?. Personality and Individual Differences, 35(6), 1241-1254. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00331-8
Robins, Richard W., et al. Measuring global self-esteem: Construct validation of a single-item measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(2), 151 - 161. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167201272002
Salerno, L., Ingoglia, S., & Coco, G. L. (2017). Competing factor structures of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and its measurement invariance across clinical and non-clinical samples. Personality and Individual Differences, 113, 13-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.063
