Dear Colleagues,
I am looking for the Malay version of the RSES, preferably the one Prof. Viren Swami (2011) studied in his chapter:
Further Examination of the Psychometric Properties of a Malay Version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
I have emailed Prof Swami twice but the email keeps bouncing back.
Help?
Kim Asner-Self
Has he moved to a different position, maybe? I think he is now at Anglia Ruskin University in the UK, so if you're trying the U. of Westminster it may well be a defunct email address. Also worth noting: He is on ResearchGate, so maybe a nice note sent internally would do the trick. He appears to be engaged in a lot of ongoing research, so if he doesn't get back to you promptly it'll be that he's swamped, not that he's uninterested/retired.
I had a quick look at the chapter you mention (which is on his ResearchGate page) and wanted to offer one thought: I think he made a small statistical error. He reports the internal consistency of his translation as .72 (fine),and also observes that one item (#8) was problematic, with a negative correlation of -.44 with the principal factor. (Apparently this item has a serious cultural problem in Malaysia.) But then he says that removing it raised internal consistency only to .73. That seems impossible; getting rid of an item that correlates negatively with the rest of a 10-item scale, when all the others appear to be functioning well, should have had more of an impact. A small error of the sort many of us have made, perhaps, but an error nonetheless - well, unless my statistical intuition is malfunctioning badly today.
Good luck!
Dr. Joy,
Thank you very much for your thoughts on the analysis. Indeed, I am embarrassed to say that after I posted, I found Dr. Viren on RG and emailed him. He is currently in Malaysia (as am I)! He was very gracious and sent me the Malay version. I will make sure I take a look at the psychometrics when I get the data collected with your note in mind. Cultural equivalence is rather key.
Thank you again,
Kim
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