TY - JOUR
T1 - Broadening the research on self-esteem
T2 - A new scale for longitudinal studies
AU - Kwan, Virginia S.Y.
AU - John, Oliver P.
AU - Thein, Seinenu M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 28 September 2005; accepted 13 April 2006 This research was supported, in part, by Grant MH43948 from the National Institute of Mental Health and a Faculty Research Grant from the University of California to Oliver P. John. Seinenu M. Thein is now at the Department of Psychology, New York University. We thank Ravenna Helson, Meg Jay, Rebecca Cate, and two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier draft of this article. Correspondence should be addressed to: Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 – 1010, USA. E-mail: vkwan@princeton.edu
Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - When interest in self-esteem exploded in the 1980s, many longitudinal studies were already under way and thus did not administer self-esteem measures. Consequently, not much is known about the developmental course of self-esteem during adulthood. In order to facilitate life-span research using existing longitudinal studies, a new self-esteem scale (CPI-SE) was derived from the California Psychological Inventory. Study 1 documented the internal consistency and test - retest reliability of the CPI-SE, as well as its convergent validity by comparing it to three commonly used measures of self-esteem. Study 2 examined the nomological network of the CPI-SE by relating it to interviewer ratings of self-esteem, affect, coping style, social skills, intelligence, and physical attractiveness, obtained with the California Adult Q-Set. Together, these two studies provide evidence for the construct validity of the CPI-SE.
AB - When interest in self-esteem exploded in the 1980s, many longitudinal studies were already under way and thus did not administer self-esteem measures. Consequently, not much is known about the developmental course of self-esteem during adulthood. In order to facilitate life-span research using existing longitudinal studies, a new self-esteem scale (CPI-SE) was derived from the California Psychological Inventory. Study 1 documented the internal consistency and test - retest reliability of the CPI-SE, as well as its convergent validity by comparing it to three commonly used measures of self-esteem. Study 2 examined the nomological network of the CPI-SE by relating it to interviewer ratings of self-esteem, affect, coping style, social skills, intelligence, and physical attractiveness, obtained with the California Adult Q-Set. Together, these two studies provide evidence for the construct validity of the CPI-SE.
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U2 - 10.1080/15298860600753087
DO - 10.1080/15298860600753087
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248378170
SN - 1529-8868
VL - 6
SP - 20
EP - 40
JO - Self and Identity
JF - Self and Identity
IS - 1
ER -