Abstract
According to the tripartite model of the self (Brewer & Gardner, 1996), the self consists of three aspects: personal, relational, and collective. Correspondingly, individuals can achieve a sense of self‐worth through their personal attributes (personal self‐esteem), relationship with significant others (relational self‐esteem), or social group membership (collective self‐esteem). Existing measures on personal and collective self‐esteem are available in the literature; however, no scale exists that assesses relational self‐esteem. The authors developed a scale to measure individual differences in relational self‐esteem and tested it with two samples of Chinese university students. Between and within‐network approaches to construct validation were used. The scale showed adequate internal consistency reliability and results of the confirmatory factor analysis showed good fit. It also exhibited meaningful correlations with theoretically relevant constructs in the nomological network. Implications and directions for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2012 The Authors. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology © 2012 The Scandinavian Psychological Associations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 258-264 |
Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2012 |
Citation
Du, H., King, R. B., & Chi, P. (2012). The development and validation of the Relational Self-Esteem Scale. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 53(3), 258-264. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00946.xKeywords
- Personal self‐esteem
- Relational self‐esteem
- Collective self‐esteem
- Significant others