Adaptation of J. Crocker's Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale

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Abstract

This paper summarizes the outcomes of a study aimed at creating a Russian version of the Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale (CSW) by J. Crocker and adapting it in a Russian sample. The theoretical context to which the scale refers is built around the idea of the importance of taking into account the foundations upon which a person bases his/her self-worth. The paper describes the adaptation procedure and stages (791 subjects partic- ipated in the process, 309 males and 482 females, with an average age of 20.5 years), presents results of inter- nal consistency assessments (Cronbach's alpha ranges between 0.67 and 0.84), discriminative ability (indices ranging from 0.55 to 0.86), test-retest reliability (the Spearman correlation coefficient 0.54 to 0.79, p < 0.001), and construct validity. The analysis of psychometric features in the Russian version of the scale revealed the following: the questions in each of the seven scales are consistent and have good discrimination ability; the scale measures what it claims; the results are stable across time; the factor structure of the technique confirms the selection of the seven bases of self-worth. Therefore, the study proved that the Russian version of the scale can be used in research on the bases of self-worth.

General Information

Keywords: self-worth, external and internal bases of self-worth, self-esteem, self-efficacy

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Molchanova O.N., Nekrasova T.Y. Adaptation of J. Crocker's Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2013. Vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 65–73. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Olga N. Molchanova, PhD in Psychology, Assistant professor at the Psychology faculty, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8704-218X, e-mail: olmol@list.ru

Tatyana Y. Nekrasova, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology, National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (Moscow, Russia), Moscow, Russia, e-mail: nektanya@yandex.ru

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