The Social Self-Esteem Inventory

Abstract

Seventy six items describing self-esteem in social situations were rated by 265 subjects, and subsequently subjected to an iterative item-total correlation and analysis in order to maximize factorial purity. Factor analysis of the remaining 30-item scale revealed a single general factor that accounted for 39.7% of the total variance. A new group of 128 subjects completed the 30-items twice, and a retest reliability over 4-weeks indicated that the scale was highly reliable ( r = 0.88). Normative data, based on the original 265 subjects, is provided in the appendices along with a description of the scale.