Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale within a Sample of Recidivistic Prisoners

Boduszek, Daniel, Shevlin, Mark, Mallett, John, Hyland, Philip and O’Kane, Damien (2012) Dimensionality and Construct Validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale within a Sample of Recidivistic Prisoners. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 2 (1). pp. 19-25. ISSN 2009-3829

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Abstract

Purpose – This study aims to examine the construct validity and factor structure of the Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES) using a sample (n=312) of Polish prisoners incarcerated in Nowogard High Security Prison.

Design/methodology/approach – The number of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) models under investigation was limited to two by virtue of employing a much stricter and more rigorously sound methodological procedure in which item errors were prevented from correlating, as suggested by Brown.

Findings – Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the two-factor (positive and negative self-esteem) model provided a better fit for the RSES items than did the one-factor model.

Originality/value – The results provide some initial support for the two-dimensional model that could possibly be measuring substantively separate factors within a prison sample, thus calling into question the one-factor solution of the RSES.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences > Centre for Applied Psychological Research School of Human and Health Sciences
Related URLs:	Publisher Author
Depositing User:	Daniel Boduszek
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2012 11:51
Last Modified:	06 Apr 2018 16:59
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/15902

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