Construct Validity of Area Specific Self-Esteem : the Hare Self-Esteem Scale
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational and Psychological Measurement
- Vol. 40 (2) , 495-501
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001316448004000231
Abstract
To date there has been little convincing evidence that children differentiate between areas of experience in evaluating their self-esteem. The purpose of this study was to provide empirical support for area-specific self-esteem as a valid construct. Factor analysis of the Hare Self-Esteem Scale yielded three factors corresponding to home, peer, and school self-esteem. In addition, each of the area-specific subscales behaved as expected. Home self-esteem was significantly associated with social class; peer self-esteem, with recent family moves; and school self-esteem, significantly with test anxiety and reading and mathematics achievement.Keywords
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