Department of Psychology, University of Finance and Management, Warsaw, Poland.
PCI College, Dublin, Ireland.
J Relig Health. 2020 Feb;59(1):381-398. doi: 10.1007/s10943-019-00821-x.
Until this research, correlation of Rosenberg's (1965) self-esteem scale (RSES), with religious and spiritual values, was never investigated using the measure as a twofold construct instead of the monolithic form. This research paper explores the prediction of RSES by spiritual values using a twofold structure of: self-esteem-positive (SEP) and self-esteem-negative (SEN), to specify individual and fragmented correlations with spirituality, which until now was unobtainable. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling were applied to analyse the data. The survey was conducted among two-hundred and sixty-eight participants from the Republic of Ireland. The research finds that spirituality influences peoples' self-esteem, but clear and linear correlation between spirituality and self-esteem is difficult to be concluded. People respond oppositely and differently to positive and to negative items in the RSES which indicates that the measure is a combination of two statistically consistent constructs: SEP and SEN. The results of the study confirm that there are many spiritual areas that affect self-esteem.
在此项研究之前，罗森伯格（Rosenberg）的自尊量表（RSES）与宗教和精神价值观之间的相关性，从未使用该量表作为双重结构（而不是整体形式）进行过研究。本研究论文探讨了使用自尊的积极（SEP）和自尊的消极（SEN）两个方面来预测精神价值观，以明确与精神性的个体和碎片化相关性，而这在以前是无法实现的。本研究采用验证性因素分析和结构方程模型来分析数据。该调查在爱尔兰共和国的 268 名参与者中进行。研究发现，精神性会影响人们的自尊，但很难得出精神性和自尊之间存在明确和线性的相关性。人们对 RSES 中的积极和消极项目的反应是相反的，这表明该量表是两个具有统计学一致性的结构：SEP 和 SEN 的组合。研究结果证实，有许多精神领域会影响自尊。
