Escala de autoestima de Rosenberg (EAR): Análisis de la estructura factorial y propuesta de una nueva versión de solo ítems positivos

Vilca L.W.; Travezaño-Cabrera A.; Santos-Garcia S. · Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology (2022) · DOI: 10.25115/ejrep.v20i56.5235

Resumen

Introduction. The objective was to evaluate the factorial structure and propose a new version of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale with only positive items to overcome the method effect associated with negative items. Method. A version A (positive and negative items) and a version B (only positive items) were proposed. A sample of 350 university students was collected for each version. Results. The CFA shows that version A’s one-dimensional model (A1) does not present adequate fit indices. It was also found that adding a specific factor for negative items (model A2) and another factor for positive items (model A3) does not improve the fit indices. A two-dimensional model (A4 model) did not improve the fit indices either. Compared to the one-dimensional model of version B, this presents a better fit compared to the original model (model A1). Discussion and Conclusions. It is concluded that version B, a proposal with only positive items, adequately measures self-esteem since it does not have negative items and agrees with Rosenberg’s original approach. © Universidad de Almería and Ilustre Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de Andalucía Oriental (Spain)

Instituciones: Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener; Universidad Peruana Unión