title: A confirmatory test of the underlying factor structure of scores on the collective self-esteem scale in two independent samples of Black Americans.
abstract: In this study, we examined the factor structure of the Collective Self-Esteem Scale (CSES; Luhtanen & Crocker, 1992) across 2 separate samples of Black Americans. The CSES was administered to a sample of Black American adolescents (n = 538) and a community sample of Black American adults (n = 313). Results of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs), however, did not support the original 4-factor model identified by Luhtanen and Crocker (1992) as providing an adequate fit to the data for these samples. Furthermore, an exploratory CFA procedure failed to find a CSES factor structure that could be replicated across the 2 samples of Black Americans. We present and discuss implications of the findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 West Franklin Street #105, Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. soutsey@vcu.edu
authors.forename: Shawn O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Utsey
authors.forename: Madonna G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Constantine
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009511:New England; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires