Relationship of Need Achievement to Self-Esteem: Evidence for Validity of Form B of Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory

Abstract

Self-esteem scores, as measured by the recently developed short form of Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory (Self-esteem Institute, 1974), were correlated with need achievement scores, as measured by Gough and Heilbrun's (1965) Adjective Check List. Self-esteem and need achievement were significantly related for male ( N = 172) and female ( N = 85) university students ( p < .001 and p < .03, respectively). This finding was interpreted as providing a measure of concurrent validity for the short form of Coopersmith's Inventory.