Abstract

PECHORRO, Pedro; MAROCO, João; POIARES, Carlos  and  VIEIRA, Rui Xavier. Validation of the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale with Portuguese adolescents in forensic and school contexts. Arq Med [online]. 2011, vol.25, n.5-6, pp.174-179. ISSN 2183-2447.

The purpose of the present study was to validate a Portuguese version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) with Portuguese adolescents. With a total of 760 youths of both genders divided in a forensic sample (n = 250) and a community sample (n = 510) we were able to demonstrate psychometric properties that justify its use with the Portuguese adolescent general and forensic populations, namely in terms of factorial validity, internal consistency, temporal stability, discriminant validity and divergent validity. Statistical significant differences regarding RSES scores were found between the male and female school samples, but not between the male and female forensic samples.

Keywords : assessment; self-esteem; RSES; validation.

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