Measuring Global Self-Esteem: Construct Validation of a Single-Item Measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

By Richard W. Robins, H. Hendin, Kali Trzesniewski. 2001

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Social Psychology

1. Reinhard Pekrun
2. M. Verkuyten
3. James J. Gross
4. Richard W. Robins
5. Thomas Goetz
6. W. Keith Campbell
7. T. Kashdan
8. Carol S. Dweck

In Sociology and Political Science

1. M. Verkuyten
2. Samuel D. Gosling
3. Michael W. Kraus
4. Dacher Keltner
5. Karen M. Douglas
6. Jordan R. Axt
7. John T. Jost
8. W. Keith Campbell

Citations in the corpus

• Does Self-Love or Self-Hate Predict Conspiracy Beliefs? Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Endorsement of Conspiracy Theories (2016, positive): “Self-esteem was measured with the single-item self-esteem measure (R. W. Robins, Hendin, & Trzesniewski, 2001).”
• Unifying the detrimental and beneficial effects of social network site use on self-esteem: a systematic literature review (2019, methodology): “…Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965), Self-Perception Profile for children (SPPC; Harter, 1985), Single-Item trait Self-Esteem (SISE; Robins et al., 2001), State Self-Esteem (State SE; Heatherton & Polivy, 1991); dNegative effect (-), positive effect (+), non-significant effect…”
• Comparing self-esteem and perceived control as predictors of first-year college students’ academic achievement (2007, background): “The RSES is a well-established measure with high reliability and construct validity ( Robins, Hendin, & Trzesniewki, 2001 ).”
• Inspiration as a psychological construct. (2003, background): “The inspired individual is moved by the truth, ingenuity, goodness, beauty, or superiority of the trigger object and is motivated to transmit, actualize, or emulate those transcendent qualities.”
• Visual tools and narratives: new ways to improve financial literacy* (2014, background): “, 2015) and self-esteem (Robins et al., 2001).”
• Self-Objectification, Self-Esteem, and Gender: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model (2010, positive): “Indeed, previous research has shown that greater dissatisfaction with one’s physical appearance is related to a compromised view of one’s more global sense of self-worth (Friestad and Rise 2004; Ganem et al. 2009; Tiggemann 2005)—typically measured in terms of self-esteem (Baumeister et al. 2003; R”
• The Development and Validation of the Langer Mindfulness Scale - Enabling a Socio-Cognitive Perspective of Mindfulness in Organizational Contexts (2012, methodology): “We used the ‘Positive Relations with Others’ subscale of Ryff and Keyes’ (1995) Psychological Well-Being Scale.”
• Linking Peoples’ Pursuit of Eudaimonia and Hedonia with Characteristics of their Parents: Parenting Styles, Verbally Endorsed Values, and Role Modeling (2012, positive): “The positive affect scale (e.g., ‘‘it makes me happy,’’ ‘‘it makes me joyful’’) and negative affect scale (e.g., ‘‘it makes me unhappy,’’ ‘‘it makes me worried/ anxious’’) were based on the nine items developed by Diener and Emmons (1984); selfesteem was assessed using the well-validated single-item”
• Measuring the Big Five with single items using a bipolar response scale (2005, methodology): “Moreover, studies of single-item measures of self-esteem (Robins et al., 2001) and job satisfaction (Nagy, 2002; Wanous et al.”