The State Self Esteem Scale (SSES)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
Self esteem is one's own feeling of worthyness, and there are various scales measuring this ( see also the PsyToolkit implementation of Rosenberg's scale ). The advantages of this scale over Rosenberg's are (in my opinion):
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Heatherton, T.F. and Polivy, J. Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring State Self-Esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60 , 895-910. Retrieved from here .
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