CONTEMPORARY NORMS FOR THE COOPERSMITH SELF-ESTEEM INVENTORY-ADULT FORM

422 medical personnel employed by the United States Navy were administ ered the Adult Form of the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory. In compa rison to Coopersmith's 1981 normative sample, the current sample was s ubstantially larger, geographically heterogeneous, and more reflective of the current national population. Analysis suggests small but consi stent increases in mean self-esteem scores across all subgroups. Nonet heless, data from the current study are quite consistent with the find ings from Coopersmith's 1981 normative sample.