Contingencies of self-worth in college students: theory and measurement.
The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale assesses 7 sources of self-esteem in college students: academics, appearance, approval from others, competition, family support, God's love, and virtue. In confirmatory factor analyses on data from 1,418 college students, a 7-factor model fit to the data acceptably well and significantly better than several plausible alternative models. The subscales all have high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, are distinct from other personality measures, and have a simplex structure arrayed on a continuum from external to internal sources of self-esteem. Contingencies of self-worth assessed prior to college predicted how students spent their time during their 1st year of college.
Institute for Social Research, Research Center for Group Dynamics, and Department of Psychology,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA. jcrocker@umich.edu
Jennifer
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Crocker
Riia K
RK
Luhtanen
M Lynne
ML
Cooper
Alexandra
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Bouvrette
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012945:Social Values; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*