Contingencies of self-worth in college students: theory and measurement

The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale assesses 7 sources of self-esteem in college students: academics, appearance, approval from others, competition, family support, God's love, and virtue. In confirmatory factor analyses on data from 1,418 college students, a 7-factor model fit to the data ac...

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Published inJournal of personality and social psychology Vol. 85; no. 5; p. 894
Main Authors Crocker, Jennifer, Luhtanen, Riia K, Cooper, M Lynne, Bouvrette, Alexandra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.11.2003
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Female
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Models, Statistical
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychological Theory
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Social Values
Students - psychology
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Summary:The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale assesses 7 sources of self-esteem in college students: academics, appearance, approval from others, competition, family support, God's love, and virtue. In confirmatory factor analyses on data from 1,418 college students, a 7-factor model fit to the data acceptably well and significantly better than several plausible alternative models. The subscales all have high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, are distinct from other personality measures, and have a simplex structure arrayed on a continuum from external to internal sources of self-esteem. Contingencies of self-worth assessed prior to college predicted how students spent their time during their 1st year of college.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.894