TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rudolph, Almut
A1  - Schröder-Abé, Michela
A1  - Schütz, Astrid
T1  - I like myself, I really do (at least right now)
BT  - development and validation of a brief and revised (German-language) version of the State Self-Esteem Scale
JF  - European journal of psychological assessment : EJPA
N2  - In five studies, we evaluated the psychometric properties of a revised German version of the State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES; Heatherton & Polivy, 1991). In Study 1, the results of a confirmatory factor analysis on the original scale revealed poor model fit and poor construct validity in a student sample that resembled those in the literature; thus, a revised 15-item version was developed (i.e., the SSES-R) and thoroughly validated. Study 2 showed a valid three-factor structure (Performance, Social, and Appearance) and good internal consistency of the SSES-R. Correlations between subscales of trait and state SE empirically supported the scale's construct validity. Temporal stability and intrapersonal sensitivity of the scale to naturally occurring events were investigated in Study 3. Intrapersonat sensitivity of the scale to experimentally induced changes in state SE was uncovered in Study 4 via social feedback (acceptance vs. rejection) and performance feedback (positive vs. negative). In Study 5, the scale's interpersonal sensitivity was confirmed by comparing depressed and healthy individuals. Finally, the usefulness of the SSES-R was demonstrated by assessing SE instability as calculated from repeated measures of state SE.
KW  - self-esteem
KW  - state self-esteem
KW  - State Self-Esteem Scale
KW  - positive affect
KW  - negative affect
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000501
SN  - 1015-5759
SN  - 2151-2426
VL  - 36
IS  - 1
SP  - 196
EP  - 206
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -