a Department of Human Ecology , University of California , Davis.
b Department of Psychology , Texas A&M University.
J Pers Assess. 2018 Jan-Feb;100(1):84-95. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2016.1278380. Epub 2017 Feb 21.
This article introduces the Lifespan Self-Esteem Scale (LSE), a short measure of global self-esteem suitable for populations drawn from across the lifespan. Many existing measures of global self-esteem cannot be used across multiple developmental periods due to changes in item content, response formats, and other scale characteristics. This creates a need for a new lifespan scale so that changes in global self-esteem over time can be studied without confounding maturational changes with alterations in the measure. The LSE is a 4-item measure with a 5-point response format using items inspired by established self-esteem scales. The scale is essentially unidimensional and internally consistent, and it converges with existing self-esteem measures across ages 5 to 93 (N = 2,714). Thus, the LSE appears to be a useful measure of global self-esteem suitable for use across the lifespan as well as contexts where a short measure is desirable, such as populations with short attention spans or large projects assessing multiple constructs. Moreover, the LSE is one of the first global self-esteem scales to be validated for children younger than age 8, which provides the opportunity to broaden the field to include research on early formation and development of global self-esteem, an area that has previously been limited.
本文介绍了寿命期自尊量表（Lifespan Self-Esteem Scale，LSE），这是一种适用于跨生命周期人群的简短整体自尊测量工具。许多现有的整体自尊测量工具由于项目内容、反应格式和其他量表特征的变化，无法在多个发展阶段使用。这就需要一种新的寿命期量表，以便在不将成熟变化与测量变化混淆的情况下，研究随着时间推移整体自尊的变化。LSE 是一种由 4 个项目组成的量表，采用 5 点反应格式，灵感来自于已建立的自尊量表。该量表本质上是单维的和内部一致的，并且与 5 至 93 岁的现有自尊测量工具相吻合（N=2714）。因此，LSE 似乎是一种有用的整体自尊测量工具，适用于整个生命周期以及需要简短测量的情况，例如注意力持续时间短的人群或评估多个结构的大型项目。此外，LSE 是第一个为 8 岁以下儿童验证的整体自尊量表之一，这为扩大研究领域提供了机会，包括早期整体自尊的形成和发展，这是一个以前受到限制的领域。
