Are you looking for a scale that gives a global score, or one that breaks self-esteem down by domain (e.g., academic, athletic, social)?
sorry i do not know. Rogenberg (1965), give self esteem scale for measuring adolescent's and adult's self esteem, but you can justify that is the scale be applied?
If you mean Rosenberg, then there are better options for primary school children, particularly if you want a differentiated picture of self-esteem. Examples are the Piers-Harris-2 Self-Concept Inventory, the Culture Free Self-Esteem Inventory-3 (CFSEI-3), and the Children's Inventory of Self-Esteem. I would lean towards the CFSEI, but you should read reviews in Mental Measurements Yearbook before deciding which is best for your purposes. Going with one of the tests specifically developed for children gives you the advantage of being able to compare a child or group to other children. Besides, the wording would be adapted for children.
The advantage of the Rosenberg is that it is free, open-access and shorter than the others and has a lot of research behind it as an assessment of global self-esteem in adults. But again, use it only with caution for this age group unless you can find research supporting its use.
If you do not have access to Mental Measurements Yearbook, ERIC is an open-access database for materials related to education and development Just restrict your 'descriptors' search to 'self-esteem' and 'elementary education' and anything else that matches your need. Then look through the articles most relevant to your needs. The article are all open access too as long as you access them via ERIC.
Rhianon Allen hank you very much for your help!
What I'm trying to do is measure self-esteem in children with a neurodegenerative disorder, who can not walk. And pass them the scale before and after using a technology that will allow them to walk when they use it, to see if it has an impact on their self-esteem.
So maybe I need a scale that evaluates self-esteem in the physical and social domain or maybe in general.
I will look for ERIC, as you recommended, looking for CFSEI-3 and CFSEI to determine which one is most appropriate for my research.
Thanks again for this useful information!
Biplob Kumar Dey I took a look too at the Rosenberg Scale but I don't think it ia a good choice because it is not specific for assessing children, even though it has a lot of validity evidence behind.
I agree with the ideas set forth earlier. I would not look for a "gold standard" but for a scale that has been used previously in research similar to the one I intend to conduct. For instance, if you locate a study that tested an intervention similar to yours and its impact on self esteem, the scale they used would be a good candidate. As far as the the accessibility of scales is concerned, often the researchers are willing to share their scales if you send them a polite email...
Georgios Vleioras Thank you! To search for a similar study and see which scale the researchers has used, is a good advice.
This is an interesting project. Yes, you should look for a scale that has both physical and global self-concept. Back in the 1980s I used an early version of Susan Harter's Self-Perception Profile with a research group of 5-year-olds with and without congenital anomalies. I found it easy to administer, but the scores were not all that useful for statistical analysis, and so I never published an analysis using the scale. Her concept of 'athletic competence' is probably too sports-oriented for your purpose. You can check out to see if the current revision is any better. Here is a link to the test's page: https://portfolio.du.edu/SusanHarter/page/44210
If you click on the children's version you'll get a lot more detail. There might be better alternatives. If you have continued access to this group, I suggest that you do at least 2 data collections post-treatment.
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