title: An examination of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale using collegiate wheelchair basketball student athletes.
abstract: The purpose was to examine the construct validity of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES). The construct validity of the scale was examined by applying it to collegiate wheelchair basketball student athletes at an NCAA sanctioned wheelchair basketball tournament at a mid-sized university in the south central United States (N=68). In accordance with previous research on the scale, Cronbach alpha was .86; confirmatory factor analysis supported a one-factor structure. The scale is useful for measuring global self-esteem in collegiate wheelchair basketball student athletes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Sport Studies, Sport Administration, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0016, USA. mark.vermillion@wichita.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vermillion
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dodder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001490:Basketball / Q000523:psychology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D014910:Wheelchairs / Q000523:psychology*