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 in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2003-11, Vol.85 (5), p.894-908
Main Authors: Crocker, Jennifer, Luhtanen, Riia K, Cooper, M. Lynne, Bouvrette, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Self Concept
Adolescent
Adult
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
College Students
Competition
Data analysis
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
Family
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Measurement
Models, Statistical
Morality
Peer Relations
Perception
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Personality. Affectivity
Physical Appearance
Psychological Theory
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Rating Scales
Religious Beliefs
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Self esteem
Self image
Self representation
Self-Worth
Social psychology
Social Support
Social theory
Social Values
Students
Students - psychology
Test Reliability
Theories
U.S.A
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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