Item-wording and the dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: do they matter?
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For example, the authors found that the revised positive version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale had less overlap with a measure of depression, and both revised versions had fewer overlap with self-deception, whereas the reworded versions generally fit a one-factor model.About:
This article is published in Personality and Individual Differences.The article was published on 2003-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 344 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rosenberg self-esteem scale.read more
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Simultaneous Administration of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in 53 Nations: Exploring the Universal and Culture-Specific Features of Global Self-Esteem.
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TL;DR: Although positively and negatively worded items of the RSES were correlated within cultures and were uniformly related to external personality variables, differences between aggregates of positive and negative items were smaller in developed nations.
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The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Translation and Validation in University Students
TL;DR: The results indicated high, positive correlations between self-esteem and the five dimensions of self-concept, and support the use of the RSES for the assessment of Self-Esteem Scale in higher education.
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Measuring belief in conspiracy theories: The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs scale.
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The Sources of Meaning and Meaning in Life Questionnaire (SoMe): Relations to demographics and well-being
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