Department of Psychology, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul - São Paulo - Brazil; Social Psychology Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Psychology, Federal University of Paraiba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Psychol Rep. 2023 Dec;126(6):3123-3149. doi: 10.1177/00332941221077909. Epub 2022 Apr 29.
Self-esteem is a crucial human nature feature for understanding the social dimensions of individuals' self-concept. One of its characteristics is peoples' malleability to adapt to social contexts, that is, the state self-esteem (SSE). Individuals express SES in three different factors: performance; social success; and physical appearance. Along with three studies, we present evidence of validity of the Short-Form of State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES-S) that measures contextual fluctuations in individuals' self-esteem. In Study 1 ( = 300), we found that the structure of the SSES-S was organized into three correlated factors that exhibited convergent-discriminant validity with measures of trait self-esteem and human values. In Study 2 ( = 281), confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a bifactor measurement model better fit the description of the factorial structure of the SSES-S, which also showed incremental validity concerning trait self-esteem for predicting one criterion. In Study 3 ( = 160), we experimentally manipulated contextual information about self-achievement and showed that the SSES-S is sensitive enough to detect transient fluctuations in self-esteem, especially in the achievement factor. We discussed the limitations and scope of the SSES-S, as its specific focus on measuring undergraduate students' state self-esteem and its implications distinguishing the general and particular domains of this construct.
自尊是理解个体自我概念的社会维度的重要人性特征。其特点之一是人们能够适应社会环境，即状态自尊（SSE）。个体通过三种不同的因素来表达 SES：表现、社会成功和外表。我们通过三项研究，为衡量个体自尊的情境波动的状态自尊量表（SSES-S）的简式版的有效性提供了证据。在研究 1（n=300）中，我们发现 SSES-S 的结构分为三个相关因素，这些因素与特质自尊和人类价值观的测量具有收敛鉴别效度。在研究 2（n=281）中，验证性因素分析表明双因素测量模型更能描述 SSES-S 的因子结构，并且在预测一个标准方面，对特质自尊具有增量有效性。在研究 3（n=160）中，我们对自我成就的情境信息进行了实验性的操作，并表明 SSES-S 足够灵敏，可以检测自尊的短暂波动，特别是在成就因素上。我们讨论了 SSES-S 的局限性和范围，因为它特别关注测量大学生的状态自尊及其对区分该结构的一般和特殊领域的意义。
