title: A domain-specific validation of the core self-evaluations scale.
abstract: Core self-evaluations have been recently proposed as indicating positive self-concept and as being predictive of various forms of subjective wellbeing. In an effort to further validate the Core Self-Evaluations Scale (CSES), structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed in three independent samples of university students to examine the extent to which scores on the Core Self-Evaluations Scale predicted two measures of university satisfaction. Good fit was found for models that also controlled for status in college, student major, class satisfaction, life satisfaction, college grade point average, and overall grade fairness. Statistically significant relationships corrected for attenuation by SEM between scores on the Core Self-Evaluations Scale and university satisfaction range from .24 to .37.
authors.affiliation: Management Department, McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA. bkmiller@txstate.edu
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Kay M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nicols
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult