The Preliminary Study of Validity and Reliability of Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale

he goal of this research was to investigate psychometric properties of Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale (RSES). 185 college students completed the 10-item RSES, two subscales of the SCL-90-R (anxiety and depression), and Cooper Smith’s self-esteem inventory (SEI). The reliability of the RSES was estimated using Cronbach’s alpha (0.69), test-retest (0.78), and Spearman-Brown’s split half (0.68) formulas. The concurrent validity of Rosenberg’s self-esteem questionnaire was estimated by SEI and the two subscales of anxiety and depression. There was a significant positive correlation between the RSES and the SEI (r = +0.61) and a significant negative correlation between RSES and anxiety (r =-0.43) and depression (r = -0.54). The reliability and validity of the Persian version of RSES was moderate and suggested that the factor structure of this test should be investigated.