Journal of Personality Assessment
Volume 99, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 83-93

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: Method Effects, Factorial Structure and Scale Invariance Across Migrant Child and Urban Child Populations in China (Article)

Wu Y. , Zuo B.* , Wen F. , Yan L.
  • a School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Center for Social Psychology Research, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • b School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Center for Social Psychology Research, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • c School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Center for Social Psychology Research, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
  • d School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Center for Social Psychology Research, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

Abstract

Using confirmatory factor analyses, this study examined the method effects on a Chinese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) in a sample of migrant and urban children in China. In all, 982 children completed the RSES, and 9 models and 9 corresponding variants were specified and tested. The results indicated that the method effects are associated with both positively and negatively worded items and that Item 8 should be treated as a positively worded item. Additionally, the method effects models were invariant across migrant and urban children in China. © 2017 Taylor & Francis.

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Index Keywords

urban population China structure activity relation Factor Analysis, Statistical human factor analysis Asian continental ancestry group statistics and numerical data Biomedical Research medical research procedures Humans migrant psychology model male female self concept Psychometrics psychometry major clinical study migration Personality Transients and Migrants Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84986207678&doi=10.1080%2f00223891.2016.1217420&partnerID=40&md5=972447c4bbabcac2ce6d81b8e607d478
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2016.1217420
ISSN: 00223891
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English