An Exploratory Design Of The Self-esteem Questionnaire For Adults

Objective:Preliminary self-esteem questionnaire was compiled in this study based on theory hypothesis and classical meausre theory.Mehhods:(1) Items in this study were estabilished using open quetionnaire investigation and interview, and the structure and items of this questionnaire were indentified using exploratary factor analyses and item analyses. (2) After using the preliminary questionnaire to investigate the adults and factor analysis, the formal questionnaire was formed, and test its reliability and validity by a variety of methods. (2) Parcipants in this study were adults (N=1000). (3) Internal consistency reliability, split-half reliability and were conducted in reliability study. (4) content validity,construct validity,criterion-related validity and Socio-demographic analysis were conducted in validity study.Result:(1) Developed a Self-esteem Questionnair for Adults which including 28 items,6 dimensions. (2) The result of the item analysis showed each item was significant at the statistical level of p<.01. (3) The interior homogeneity reliability of this questionnaire was 0.899, and the test-retest reliability of the whole questionnaire was 0.920,the slip-half reliabity was 0.840. (4)The accumulated contributory proportion of these factors was 57.826%; The correlation between the score of this questionnaire and the questionnaire of SES was 0.799, so the criterion-related validity of the questionnaire was good.Conclution:The questionnaire includes family relations, personal qualities, communication skills, physical appearance, attitude to life and social relations of this 6 dimensions.The structure, reliability and validity of the scale were psychometrically acceptable.