How Does the Number of Response Options Impact the Psychometric Properties of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Donnellan ◽  
Andrew Rakhshani
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Practical Reasons ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Response

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is the most frequently used measure of self-esteem in the social sciences and it is often administered with a different number of response options. However, it is unclear how the number of response options impacts the psychometric properties of this measure. Across three experiments (Ns = 739, 2,358, and 1,461), we evaluated how different response options of the Rosenberg influenced (1) internal consistency estimates, (2) distributions of scores, and (3) associations with criterion-related variables. Internal consistency estimates were lowest for a 2-point format compared to response formats with more options. Using 4 or more response options better approximated a normal distribution. We found no consistent evidence that criterion-related correlations increased with more response options. Collectively, these results suggest that the Rosenberg should be administered with at least four response options and we favor a 5-point Likert-type option for practical reasons.

Becker's Anthropology: The Shape of Finitude

Horizons ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kopas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Dominant Focus ◽  
Religious View ◽  
Ernest Becker ◽  
The Social ◽  
Method Of Correlation ◽  
Final Confirmation

AbstractThis article examines the anthropoloy of Ernest Becker through the medium of his notion of creatureliness which represents a dominant focus, especially in his later work. Two elements stand out in this consideration—self-esteem, which as a motivation disguises creaturehood and makes it bearable, and the fear of death, which is the final confirmation of creaturehood. After examining Becker's treatment of these elements, the article explores several dimensions of a religious view of creatureliness which have not been taken up in order to show that Becker is dealing with finitude rather than creatureliness. A fuller treatment of creatureliness would require an approach that does justice to these dimensions, and, if one wishes as Becker does to demonstrate a convergence between religion and the social sciences, it would require a more coherently developed method of correlation. The article concludes with an examination of the spirituality that emerges for Becker out of his perspective on the human.

The Fear Questionnaire

1988 ◽  
Vol 153 (5) ◽  
pp. 659-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence J. Van Zuuren
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Social Phobia ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Meaningful Information ◽  
Dutch Translation ◽  
The Social

In order to assess some psychometric properties of Marks & Mathews' (1979) short Fear Questionnaire, a Dutch translation of this form was administered to 143 phobic outpatients: 100 women and 43 men. There was a special interest in assessing validity by comparing the scores of agoraphobics, social phobics and simple phobics. The findings were that all scales have sufficient internal consistency, although the Total Phobia scale does not seem to add meaningful information to its subscales. Most scales are significantly related to neuroticism, and the Social Phobia subscale is strongly related to social anxiety. The Agoraphobia and Social Phobia subscales discriminate between categories of phobics in the expected way. For the Blood/Injury subscale the relevant comparisons could not be made. The data presented in this study can be used to develop FQ norms for phobic patients.

The Effect of Different Response Formats on Ratings of Exerciser Stereotypes

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (10) ◽  
pp. 1655-1665
Author(s):  
Sonthaya Sriramatr ◽  
Tanya R. Berry ◽  
Wendy Rodgers ◽  
Sean Stolp
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Response Formats ◽  
Different Response ◽  
Exercise Stereotypes

In this study we examined the relationships of different response formats, respondent gender, and activity level, to ratings of exercise stereotypes. Participants (N = 203) completed 8 question sets about 8 exerciser stereotypes. In each questionnaire, 1 question was inadvertently measured twice with different response options of definitely would not like to do this/definitely would like to do this (NL anchor) or definitely false/definitely true (FT anchor). Results showed that ratings on the FT statements were significantly higher than those on NL statements for 2 stereotypes: judgmental young women and overweight. There were also significant effects of gender by activity level on ratings of runners. Both gender and activity levels were related to ratings of liking to exercise for some, but not all, of the stereotypes.

scholarly journals PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF PORTUGUESE VERSION OF TRAIT META-MOOD SCALE (TMMS24)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sónia Brito-Costa ◽  
Florencio Vicente Castro ◽  
Ana Moisao ◽  
Alfonso Alberty ◽  
Hugo De Almeida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Male Gender ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
High Internal Consistency ◽  
Original Scale ◽  
Mood Scale

It was intended to evaluate de psychometric properties of Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS24),Portuguese version of Queiroz et al. (2005) in 170 athletes, male gender sample. Statistical analysis was performed through the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 for Windows. We proceeded to the analysis of the reliability of the 24 items of the instrument in order to see if the items were to measure the construct and obtain a high internal consistency (α = 0.890), almost unchanged with the elimination of any item. The inter-item correlation was not as strong, confirming the analysis of alpha. However, the items in each category tend to have a stronger relation/ correlation with each other, between categories. We conducted factor analysis, and variability between the variables, so as to reduce them to a particular number of dimensions. Initially we observed a six-dimensional division, but we forced the analysis to only three resulting in a division of the items according to the original scale, Thus, we concluded that the TMMS24 has a high internal consistency, good reliability and validity, offering us a suitable and reliable tool which we can conduct investigations in different areas such as the sports universe.

scholarly journals Survey Item Validation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Gordon Wolf ◽  
Elliott Daniel Ihm ◽  
andrew maul ◽  
Ann Taves
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Interviews ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Survey Item ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Item Validation

In the social sciences, validity refers to the adequacy of a survey (or other mode of assessment) for its intended purpose. Validation refers to the activities undertaken during and after the construction of the survey to evaluate and improve validity. Item validation refers here to procedures for evaluating and improving respondents’ understanding of the questions and response options included in a survey. Ver- bal probing techniques such as cognitive interviews can be used to understand respondents’ response process, that is, what they are thinking as they answer the survey items. Although cognitive interviews can provide evidence for the validity of survey items, they are time-consuming and thus rarely used in practice. The Response Process Evaluation (RPE) method is a newly-developed technique that utilizes open-ended meta-surveys to rapidly collect evidence of validity across a population of interest, make quick revisions to items, and immediately test these revisions across new samples of respondents. Like cognitive interviews, the RPE method focuses on how participants interpret the item and select a re- sponse. The chapter demonstrates the process of validating one survey item taken from the Inventory of Non-Ordinary Experiences (INOE).

scholarly journals Autoestima em praticantes de esportes de aventura

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Rosane Camila De Godoi ◽  
Hélio Mamoru Yoshida ◽  
Paula Teixeira Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Statistical Test ◽  
The Self ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Inherent Risk ◽  
The Social ◽  
Adventure Sports ◽  
Psychological Parameters

INTRODUÇÃO: Tendo em vista a atual ascensão dos esportes de aventura e dos diversos parâmetros psicológicos relacionados à essas práticas, faz-se necessário estudar como esses esportes, e seu risco inerente, são capazes de despertar distintas sensações e de que maneira isso pode influenciar a autoestima de seus praticantes. OBJETIVO: Esse estudo teve o objetivo de avaliar os índices de autoestima em praticantes de rafting, kayak, montanhismo e paraquedismo, avaliando os índices e analisando as correlações entre os grupos. METODOS: Para isso, foram analisados os perfis de 73 praticantes de esportes de aventura (rafting, kayak, montanhismo e paraquedismo), utilizando-se como instrumento a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg, na versão adaptada por Hutz. O teste estatístico adotado foi o Kruskal-Wallis, a normalidade dos dados foi testada através do teste de Shapiro Wilk e todas as análises foram realizadas no programa Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTADOS: Foi possível constatar elevados índices de autoestima em todos os participantes avaliados, em especial nos paraquedistas, sugerindo que os esportes de aventura são capazes de influenciar no bem-estar psicológico e a saúde mental de seus praticantes. CONCLUSÃO: Com os dados obtidos, concluímos que este estudo traz o fortalecimento do bem-estar psicológico por meio da prática dos esportes de aventura, contribuindo para melhor autoestima e maior entendimento dos aspectos relacionados aos praticantes destas modalidades, ainda pouco estudados cientificamente.ABSTRACT. Self-esteem in practitioners of adventure sports.BACKGROUND: In view of the current rise of adventure sports and the various psychological parameters related to these practices, it is necessary to study how these sports, and their inherent risk, are capable of awakening different sensations and how this could affect the self-esteem of its practitioners. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the self-esteem indices in rafting, kayak, mountaineering and skydiving practitioners, evaluating the indexes, and analysing the correlations between the groups. METHODS: For this, the profiles of 73 practitioners of adventure sports (rafting, kayak, mountaineering and skydiving) were analyzed using as an instrument the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, in the version adapted by Hutz. The statistical test adopted was the Kruskal-Wallis, the normality of the data was tested using the Shapiro Wilk test, and all analyzes were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program.RESULTS: It was possible to verify the high self-esteem indices in all evaluated groups, especially skydivers, suggesting that adventure sports are capable of influencing the psychological well-being and mental health of their practitioners. CONCLUSION: With these data, we can conclude that this study raises the question of psychological well-being through the practice of adventure sports, contributing to a better self-esteem and understanding of the aspects related to this portion of the population, which is still little studied.

Development & Validation of Hemophilia Treatment Regimen Specific Adherence Scales.

Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 966-966
Author(s):  
Natalie A. Duncan ◽  
Amy D. Shapiro ◽  
Jennifer A. Maahs ◽  
Christopher P. Roberson
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Treatment Regimen ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency Reliability ◽  
Clotting Factor ◽  
Recurrent Bleeding ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Breakthrough Bleeding ◽  
Response Formats

Abstract Background: Hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder most commonly caused by deficiencies of factors VIII or IX and characterized by bleeding into joints and muscles leading to disability, chronic pain, and decreased quality of life. Treatment costs vary dramatically dependent upon severity of disease, complications, presence of an inhibitor, and treatment regimen (TR). Adherence to a prescribed TR is important to prevent/treat bleeding episodes and preserve joint function. Suboptimal treatment may result in poor outcomes with increased cost. Because no hemophilia treatment adherence scale (HTAS) currently exists, assessing patients’ adherence to TRs requires analysis of clotting factor dispensations and treatment logs relative to expected usage based on prescribed TR. Developing and validating an HTAS will provide clinicians an easily administered and interpreted tool that accurately portrays patients’ adherence to their TRs. Methods: Two un-validated HTASs (prophylaxis and episodic) were administered to a cohort of 57 patients. These scales included 4 questions with binary response formats. Analysis by the CDC found internal consistency reliability (ICR) to be weaker than desired [1st administration: episodic Cronbach’s alpha (α)= −1.57, prophylaxis α= 0.69; 2nd administration episodic α= 0.40, prophylaxis α= 0.64]. An increased number of questions with more varied response options were needed to strengthen the scales’ properties. Two revised scales contain multiple subscales with up to 25 questions and a Likert scale answer format. This project establishes content validity (CV), and will establish ICR, inter-rater reliability (IRR), test-retest reliability (TRR), and concurrent validity (CCV) of these scales. Once CV is finalized, the scales enter reliability and validity analysis that involves obtaining survey responses from samples of at least 60 patients per TR. Patients and Caregivers are asked to complete scales simultaneously to evaluate IRR. Participants have the option to repeat the survey 2 weeks after first administration to measure TRR. CCV is evaluated by correlating infusion log data with HTAS scores. Results: CV was established through a process of question development, categorization, and revision by 4 to 13 experts in hemophilia care. A final step in content validation was to hold focus groups with patients utilizing episodic (n=6) or prophylactic (n=4) TRs. All focus group participants were satisfied with the scales’ length, ease of completion and clarity. All reported willingness to complete the scales in clinic. ICR was very strong on the prophylaxis scale and weaker on the episodic scale (see Table). Patient feedback was incorporated into the current versions. Patients will provide additional feedback prior to the validation. Completed scales will undergo final validation analysis over the next two months. Conclusion: Validated HTASs are an important contribution in clinical management. These scales will assist physicians in evaluating and addressing concerns such as breakthrough bleeding in patients treating prophylactically and recurrent bleeding in patients treating episodically. The scales will enable physicians to accurately determine a patient’s level of adherence and to target interventions by identifying specific areas of nonadherence relevant to the treatment of hemophilia. Internal Consistency Reliability of HTAS- Focus Group Data Subscale Episodic α (n=6) Prophylaxis α (n=4) Time 0.87 0.87 Plan −0.59 0.96 Remember 0.59 0.87 Follow 0.69 0.92 Overall 0.83 0.94

Psychometric Characteristics in Normal and Social Phobic Samples for a Spanish Version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

2000 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Maria Baños ◽  
Verónica Guillén
Keyword(s):  
Age Differences ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Psychological Diagnosis ◽  
The Social

The present paper had three purposes: (a) presenting normative data for the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale in a Spanish sample, (b) studying whether there are significant sex or age differences in self-esteem, and (c) studying whether there are significant differences between a Control group with no psychological diagnosis and a group of social phobics. Of the total sample of 266 persons, 214 belonged to the Control group and 52 to the Social Phobic group. Item-total score correlations and alpha reliabilities supported the internal consistency of the scale. There were statistically significant differences between the Control and Social Phobic groups, but not by sex or age.

Self-Esteem and Conservatism among Female College Students

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 543-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence N. Houston ◽  
Susan I. Springer
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
College Women ◽  
College Major ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Older Students ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
White College

In view of the previously reported relationship between self-esteem and authoritarianism as well as the promulgated kinship between authoritarianism and conservatism, this study used the Janis and Field Selfesteem Inventory and the Conservatism Scale to evaluate the relationship between self-esteem and conservatism for 93 white college women. R was .06 between the scales; older students were significantly less conservative than younger ones, Jews less conservative than both Catholics and Protestants, and students majoring in the social sciences were significantly less conservative than those majoring in either literature-arts or mathematics-natural sciences. There were no statistically significant differences for age, religion, or college major on the self-esteem inventory.

Survey Item Validation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Gordon Wolf ◽  
Elliott Daniel Ihm ◽  
andrew maul ◽  
Ann Taves
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Cognitive Interviews ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Survey Item ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
The Social ◽  
Item Validation

In the social sciences, validity refers to the adequacy of a survey (or other mode of assessment) for its intended purpose. Validation refers to the activities undertaken during and after the construction of the survey to evaluate and improve validity. Item validation refers here to procedures for evaluating and improving respondents’ understanding of the questions and response options included in a survey. Verbal probing techniques such as cognitive interviews can be used to understand respondents’ response process, that is, what they are thinking as they answer the survey items. Although cognitive interviews can provide evidence for the validity of survey items, they are time-consuming and thus rarely used in practice. The Response Process Evaluation (RPE) method is a newly-developed technique that utilizes open-ended meta-surveys to rapidly collect evidence of validity across a population of interest, make quick revisions to items, and immediately test these revisions across new samples of respondents. Like cognitive interviews, the RPE method focuses on how participants interpret the item and select a response. The chapter demonstrates the process of validating one survey item taken from the Inventory of Non-Ordinary Experiences (INOE).

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