About the Measure
| Domains | Perceptions of Self |
| Key stages | Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
| Subscales | General self; Home-parents; School-academic; Social self-peers; Lie |
| Description | Measures attitudes toward self in the context of pre-post evaluation, individual diagnosis or classroom screening. |
| Example | Things don't usually bother me |
| Link | http://www.mindgarden.com/85-coopersmith-self-esteem-inventory#horizontalTab3 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 58 |
| Format | Dichotomous |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 25 |
| Age | 8-15 |
| Cost single purchase | $50 |
| Cost per child | $2 |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .61-.92 |
| Test retest | 5 weeks, r= .88; 3 years, r= [.42,.70] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 8-factor solutio |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Convergent validity: r= .63 with Children's Self Concept Scale; r= .47 with Coopersmith Behavioral Academic Assessment Scale Discriminant validity: r= .17 with Children's Social Desirability Scale; SRA Achievement Series scores, r= .33; Lorge Thorndike Intelligence Test, r= .30 |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Coopersmith, S. (1981). Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventories Manual, Instrument Sample (School and Adult), & Scoring Guide. USA: Mindgarden Inc. Johnson, B. W., Redfield, D. L., Miller, R. L., & Simpson, R. E. (1983). The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: A construct validation study. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 43(3), 907-913. doi:10.1177/001316448304300332 Roberson, T. G., & Miller, E. (1986). The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: A factor analytic study. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 46(1), 269-273. doi:10.1177/0013164486461033 |