2010/02/17 by Samuel Justin Sinclair, Samuel J. Sinclair, Mark A. Blais +5 · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Attachment and Relationship Dynamics #Clinical psychology #Demography #Ethnic group #Marital status #Normative #Population #Psychology #Scale (ratio) #Self-esteem #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1177/0163278709356187
crossref issued 2010/02/17 · crossref published 2010/02/17 · crossref published-online 2010/02/17 · openalex publication_date 2010/02/17 · crossref created 2010/02/17 · crossref published-print 2010/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref deposited 2026/04/28 · crossref indexed 2026/07/31 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to evaluate the scaling assumptions and component structure of and present normative data for the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) using a sample of US adults (N = 503), both overall and across demographic subgroups and (b) to provide new data regarding the relationship between the two RSES subcomponents of self-competence (SC) and self-liking (SL), and other demographic and clinical variables. As hypothesized, all psychometric tests supported the underlying structure of the RSES. Overall RSES scores varied significantly across age, racial and ethnic, education, employment status, income, and marital status groups. Furthermore, differences between SC and SL were also found across groups differing in gender, age, employment status, and marital status groups. The implications and limitations of this study are discussed, with an emphasis on clinical relevance.