Stability and Sex Differences on the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory for Students in Grades Two to Twelve

1 June 1977

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports

Vol. 40 (3) , 943-946
https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1977.40.3.943

Abstract

This study reassessed the presence or absence of sex differences and investigated the stability of self-esteem as measured by Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory over 6 mo. for Grades 2 to 12. The subjects were 591 students, 296 male and 295 female, enrolled in an urban central Maine school district. No sex differences were found on any of the subscales or total scale score on either the pretest or posttests by grade. Significant correlations, small to moderate in size, were found for all grades on two scales, general self and total self. The results and implications are discussed.

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