Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Department of Child and Adolescent Health Promotion Services, Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Levanger, Norway.
BMC Psychol. 2024 Sep 27;12(1):506. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-02004-0.
Self-esteem refers to the evaluative and affective dimensions of the self-concept and is important for positive mental health and overall functioning during adolescence. The Rosenberg Self-esteem scale (RSES) is one of the most frequently used and widely accepted instruments assessing self-esteem; however, the psychometric properties of the instrument have not been investigated in a Norwegian adolescent population. The present study's aim is to investigate the factor structure, construct validity and reliability of the RSES among adolescents 14-21 years.
The study was based on two cross-sectional samples (n = 1,233/ n = 1,816) of adolescents from rural and urban areas in Mid-Norway. Concerning the dimensionality of the RSES, two measurement models were tested using Principal Component Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis: a one-factor model and a two-factor-model.
The results show that a two-factor solution of positive and negative aspects of self-esteem representing "perceived personal competence" and "self-value" had the best fit across the two adolescent samples. The RSES also showed high reliability and correlated in expected directions with measures of life satisfaction, stress, and self-efficacy, supporting the convergent validity of the instrument.
The psychometric properties of the RSES need to be further evaluated in Norwegian adolescent populations based on the dimensionality found in the present study; however overall, the results indicate that the instrument is appropriate for assessing self-esteem among Norwegian adolescents.
自尊是自我概念的评价和情感维度，对青少年时期的积极心理健康和整体功能很重要。罗森伯格自尊量表（RSES）是评估自尊最常用和最广泛接受的工具之一；然而，该工具的心理测量特性尚未在挪威青少年人群中进行研究。本研究旨在调查 RSES 在 14-21 岁青少年中的结构、建构效度和信度。
该研究基于来自挪威中北部农村和城市地区的两个横断面样本（n=1,233/n=1,816）。关于 RSES 的维度，使用主成分分析和验证性因素分析测试了两种测量模型：一种是单因素模型，另一种是双因素模型。
结果表明，在两个青少年样本中，代表“感知个人能力”和“自我价值”的积极和消极自我方面的双因素解具有最佳拟合度。RSES 还具有较高的可靠性，并与生活满意度、压力和自我效能感的测量结果呈预期方向相关，支持该工具的聚合效度。
根据本研究发现的维度，需要进一步在挪威青少年人群中评估 RSES 的心理测量特性；然而，总体而言，结果表明该工具适合评估挪威青少年的自尊。
