Dimensionality of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and its relationships with the Three-and the Five-factor personality models.
We investigated the dimensionality of the French version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) using confirmatory factor analysis. We tested models of 1 or 2 factors. Results suggest the RSES is a 1-dimensional scale with 3 highly correlated items. Comparison with the Revised NEO-Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R; Costa, McCrae, & Rolland, 1998) demonstrated that Neuroticism correlated strongly and Extraversion and Conscientiousness moderately with the RSES. Depression accounted for 47% of the variance of the RSES. Other NEO-PI-R facets were also moderately related with self-esteem.
Aluja
Anton
A
Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, Faculty of Education Science, University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. aluja@pip.udl.es
Rolland
Jean-Pierre
JP
García
Luis F
LF
Rossier
Jérôme
J
D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations