Construct validity of Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale in Brazilian Athletic Context

  • Walan Robert da Silva Health and Sport Sciences Center. State University of Santa Catarina. Brazil.
  • Thiago Emannuel Medeiros Thiago Health and Sport Sciences Center. State University of Santa Catarina. Brazil.
  • Andréa Duarte Pesca Department of Psychology. Faculty of Higher Education Complex of Santa Catarina. Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-3810
  • Fernando Luiz Cardoso Health and Sport Sciences Center. State University of Santa Catarina. Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-0988
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33155/j.ramd.2019.12.008
Keywords: Psicometría, Estudios validación, Psicología deporte, Deportes, Brasil Psichometrics, Validation studies, Sport psychology, Sports, Brazil Psicometria, Estudo Validação, Psicologia esporte, Esportes, Brasil

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale in the athletic context of Brazil.

Method: In total, 387 athletes participated in the study, 232 men and 155 women, with a mean age of 22.1+/-4.5 years, practitioners of team modalities in clubs in Southern Brazil. The construct validity was evaluated through exploratory Factorial Analyses with Oblimin Rotation and the factorial weight 0.3 was used to exclude items. Cronbach’s Alpha and Polychoric Correlation evaluated the internal variance consistency.

Results: The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale uploaded on 2 factors showed 61% of the variance of the construct, with factor 1 adding items about positive self-esteem and factor 2 about negative self-esteem. To confirm the internal consistency of the instrument, we performed polychoric correlation between the items on the scale. All items showed significant positive correlation above 0.3 (p>0.05) confirming the good internal consistency of the questionnaire.

Conclusion: This research identifies good psychometric properties of the Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale in the Brazilian sport context of athletes of team sports. The bifactorial structure was verified, agreeing with the original proposal, suggesting the separate score calculation of each factor on the self-esteem Scale.

Published
2020-03-09
Issue
Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): September 2021
Section
Originals
Page/s
171-175
DOI
https://doi.org/10.33155/j.ramd.2019.12.008