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- Title
The development and validation of the Relational Self-Esteem Scale.
- Authors
DU, HONGFEI; KING, RONNEL B.; CHI, PEILIAN
- Abstract
Du, H., King, R.B. & Chi, P. (2012). The development and validation of the Relational Self-Esteem Scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 53, 258-264. According to the tripartite model of the self (Brewer & Gardner, 1996), the self consists of three aspects: personal, relational, and collective. Correspondingly, individuals can achieve a sense of self-worth through their personal attributes (personal self-esteem), relationship with significant others (relational self-esteem), or social group membership (collective self-esteem). Existing measures on personal and collective self-esteem are available in the literature; however, no scale exists that assesses relational self-esteem. The authors developed a scale to measure individual differences in relational self-esteem and tested it with two samples of Chinese university students. Between and within-network approaches to construct validation were used. The scale showed adequate internal consistency reliability and results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed good fit. It also exhibited meaningful correlations with theoretically relevant constructs in the nomological network. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
- Subjects
CHINA; CHI-squared test; COLLEGE students; STATISTICAL correlation; EXPERIMENTAL design; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; SCALE analysis (Psychology); SELF-esteem testing; SELF-perception; T-test (Statistics); MAXIMUM likelihood statistics; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2012, Vol 53, Issue 3, p258
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00946.x