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Acta de investigación psicológica

versão On-line ISSN 2007-4719versão impressa ISSN 2007-4832

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TOMAS, J. M. et al. Method Effects and Gender Invariance of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale: A Study on Adolescents. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2015, vol.5, n.3, pp.2194-2203. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2007-4719(16)30009-6.

Rosenberg's self-esteem scale has been extensively used in all areas of psychology to assess global self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965, 1979). Its construct validity, and specifically its factor structure, has almost from the beginning been under debate. More than four decades after its creation the cumulated evidence points that the scale measures a single trait (self-esteem) but confounded by a method factor associated to negatively worded items. The aim of the study is to examine the measurement invariance of the RSES by gender and test potential gender differences at the latent (trait and method) variable level, while controlling for method effects, in a sample of Spanish students. A series of completely a priori structural models were specified, with a standard invariance routine implemented for male and female samples. The results lead to several conclusions. Conclusions: a) the scale seem gender invariant for both trait and method factors; b) there were small but significant differences between males and females in self-esteem, differences that favored male respondents; and c) there were statistically non-significant differences between men and women in the method factor's latent means.

Palavras-chave : Measurement Invariance; Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale; Gender Differences.

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