Validation of a Clinical Measure of Self-Esteem
Abstract
This article describes a validation study of a newly developed measure of self-esteem. Two studies were conducted, with the second intended as a replication of the first. The first involved 246 persons, and the second involved 107. Several specific predictions were made about the correlations between scores on the newly developed scale, another measure of self-esteem, a measure of depression, and a number of demographic variables. The results suggest that the newly developed scale does in fact measure level of self-esteem. Limitations in this study and the use of the scale in social work practice are discussed.
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- Authors
- Nugent, W. R., & Thomas, J. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Dede Wallace Center, Nashville, TN
- ORCID
- Nugent, William R.
- Venue
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1993-04
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 191-207
- ISSN
- 1049-7315 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7581
- OpenAlex
- W2042351933
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 0.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Research on Social Work Practice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- self-esteem, self-esteem scale, scale validation, depression, demographic correlates, replication study, social work practice
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