The School Short-Form Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: Revised and Improved

Abstract

The school short form of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory is a widely used measure of children's global self-esteem. Unlike the full-length scale, however, it has been generally understood that the short form does not allow differentiation between the major individual sources of self-esteem. The present study has examined the internal structure of the school short form by exploratory and confirmatory analysis on data provided by 3,056 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 15 years and has demonstrated that after the removal of 6 redundant items, the newly revised scale not only possesses improved psychometric properties but also contains three clear factors that correspond to personal self-esteem and self-esteem derived from parents and peers, respectively. The presentation of a revised version of the school short form of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory that is psychometrically robust and demonstrates three clear subscales will allow clearer distinctions to be made among the sources of children's self-esteem in future studies. RésuméLa version abrégée, pour le milieu scolaire, de l'Inventaire d'estime de soi de Coopersmith est grandement utilisée pour mesurer l'estime de soi globale chez les jeunes. On croit généralement que cette version ne permet pas de différencier entre les principales sources d'estime de soi, contrairement à ce qu'on obtient de la version complète. La présente étude porte sur l'examen de la structure de la version abrégée, au moyen d'analyses exploratoires et confirmatoires sur des données provenant de 3 056 adolescents, âgés de 13 à 15 ans. Or, il appert que la nouvelle échelle révisée, si on at Bobst Library, New York University on April 11, 2015 cjs.sagepub.com Downloaded from

How Sustainable is Pupil Self-Esteem as an Educational Objective for Religious Minorities?

“…9 High self-esteem teens were also scored significantly less neurotic in terms of emotionality and stability. 10 A comparison was made between Buddhist adolescents and a large sample of religiously-undifferentiated adolescents (RUA) from Year 9 and Year 10 pupils from Cornwall that used the same instrument and age-range (Hills et al, 2011). Buddhist adolescents as a whole were not significantly different in their self-esteem score from RUA 11 ñ therefore being a religious minority, in itself, is not synonymous with low self-esteem.…”

“…Although there are several possible ways to assess self-esteem (Heatherton & Wyland, 2003), the Coopersmith measure was adopted since it is one of the self-esteem scales proven to perform best on factor analysis (Demo, 1985). The school short-form of the Self-Esteem Inventory [SEI] used in this study was developed to provide an alternative to the full 50-item SEI (Coopersmith, 1967;1981) when time for completion is limited (see Hills et al, 2011). Devised for use specifically with children, the instrument assesses selfesteem in the contexts of school, parents and peers.…”

Българска Адаптация На Въпросника На Купърсмит За Измерване На Самооценката При Възрастни (Форма С)

“…Кратката форма на въпросника на Купърсмит за самооценка при деца от 8 до 15 години (форма B, Short Form of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory -SF-CSEI) включва 25 айтема (Bedeian, 1976;Bedeian, Teague, & Zmud, 1977;Coopersmith, 1981a;Francis, 1997;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Lane, White, & Henson, 2002;McCarthy & Hoge, 1984;Potard et al, 2015). Купърсмит (Coopersmith, 1981а) създава тази съкратена версия като алтернатива на пълната форма, когато времето е ограничено.…”

“…Първият извлечен фактор може да бъде наречен Личностна самооценка (Personal self-esteem) според съдържанието на айтемите в него и наименования на извлечените фактори в адаптации на методиката на Купърсмит в други държави (Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Potard et al, 2015). Вторият извлечен фактор може да бъде наречен Самооценка, произтичаща от другите (Selfesteem derived from others) според съдържанието на айтемите в него и наименования на извлечените фактори в адаптации на методиката на Купърсмит в други държави (Baker, Beer, & Beer, 1991;Coopersmith, 1967;Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Krassner, 2005;Lane, White, & Henson, 2002;Papazova, 2010;Potard et al, 2015;Roberson & Miller, 1986).…”

“…Първият извлечен фактор може да бъде наречен Личностна самооценка (Personal self-esteem) според съдържанието на айтемите в него и наименования на извлечените фактори в адаптации на методиката на Купърсмит в други държави (Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Potard et al, 2015). Вторият извлечен фактор може да бъде наречен Самооценка, произтичаща от другите (Selfesteem derived from others) според съдържанието на айтемите в него и наименования на извлечените фактори в адаптации на методиката на Купърсмит в други държави (Baker, Beer, & Beer, 1991;Coopersmith, 1967;Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Krassner, 2005;Lane, White, & Henson, 2002;Papazova, 2010;Potard et al, 2015;Roberson & Miller, 1986). Четвъртият извлечен фактор може да бъде наречен Самооценка, произтичаща от родителите (Self-esteem derived from parents) според съдържанието на айтемите в него и наименования на извлечените фактори в адаптации Форма С на Въпросник на Купърсмит на методиката на Купърсмит в други държави (Baker, Beer, & Beer, 1991;Coopersmith, 1967;Hills, Francis, & Jennings, 2011;Hills, Francis, & Thomas, 2007;Krassner, 2005;Lane, White, & Henson, 2002;Papazova, 2010;Potard et al, 2015;Roberson & Miller, 1986).…”