SELF-ESTEEM IN ADOLESCENTS - VALIDATION OF THE STATE SELF-ESTEEM SCALE

Citation
Ke. Linton et Rg. Marriott, SELF-ESTEEM IN ADOLESCENTS - VALIDATION OF THE STATE SELF-ESTEEM SCALE, Personality and individual differences, 21(1), 1996, pp. 85-90
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
ISSN journal
01918869
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
85 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-8869(1996)21:1<85:SIA-VO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The goal of this research was to investigate the appropriateness of us ing the State Self-Esteem Scale (Heatherton & Polivy, Journal of Perso nality and Social Psychology, 60, 895-910, 1991) with an adolescent po pulation. The State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) was designed specifically for measuring state self-esteem, which is defined as the temporary fl uctuations in self-esteem. Studies have shown the SSES to be psychomet rically sound regarding factor structure, content validity, and constr uct and discriminative validity. Through this psychometric analysis, t he SSES has shown potential for use in a variety of areas. Because pre vious research regarding this instrument has utilized a predominantly adult population, mostly college students, there is a great need for a n instrument with the potential of the SSES for use with adolescents. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.