Self-esteem assessment form development study

Tokinan B. O., BİLEN S.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Turkey, 4 - 08 February 2010, vol.2, pp.4366-4369, (Full Text) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 2
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.694
  • City: İstanbul
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.4366-4369
  • Keywords: Self-esteem, scale development, validity, reliability, personality
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Self-esteem is a general personality trait that affects the whole life of an individual. Research findings show that people with a high level of self-esteem are more successful both in academic and daily life as compared to people with lower self-esteem. The purpose of this research is to develop a valid and reliable assessment form to measure self-esteem. The sample group of the study consists of 278 people studying in various universities. The form consists of 19 items remaining after the elimination of those with an item-test correlation value below 0.30. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the self-esteem assessment form has been computed to be 0.81. (C) Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.