Revisiting Kernis’ contingent self-esteem scale: Scale improvement and development of a short (K-CSES-S) and very short version (K-CSES-VS)

Gilbert, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6152-8656, Tóth-Király, István, Garn, Alex et Morin, Alexandre J. S. (2025). Revisiting Kernis’ contingent self-esteem scale: Scale improvement and development of a short (K-CSES-S) and very short version (K-CSES-VS). Current Psychology .

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Résumé

The purpose of the present research was to revisit (i.e., simplify) the linguistic formulation of the original 15-item Kernis’ Contingent Self-Esteem Scale, to develop a short (K-CSES-S; 8 items) and a very short (K-CSES-VS; 3 items) versions of this scale, and to assess the psychometric properties (reliability, factor validity, and criterion-related validity) of these three scales. Across three distinct cross-sectional (Study 1: N = 170; Study 2: N = 354) and longitudinal (Study 3: N = 313) studies, the results first showed that the revised 15-item version was best represented by a bifactor-ESEM solution capturing one global factor and four specific factors. The short version was able to capture participants’ global levels of contingent self-esteem as well as a distinct measure of self-esteem resiliency and, to a lesser extent, specific contingencies. Finally, the very short version provided a clear unidimensional indicator of contingent self-esteem matching the theoretical underpinnings of the original scale. Scores on all three measures displayed evidence of measurement invariance across samples (workers/students), countries (Canada/US), and languages (English/French). Finally, we established the convergent and divergent validity of these scores in relation to a variety of covariates (i.e., self-esteem contingencies, neuroticism, self-concept, life satisfaction, positive and negative affect, psychological distress). Overall, we provide researchers and practitioners with psychometrically sound and reliable short measures of contingent self-esteem that can be used in contexts characterized with limited resources or other assessment-related challenges.

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Mots-clés :	Estime de soi contingente ; Analyse factorielle ; Kernis ; Invariance de la mesure ; Forme courte ; Validité ; Modélisation bifactorielle / Contingent self-esteem ; Factor analysis ; Kernis ; Measurement invariance ; Short form ; Validity ; Bifactor modeling.
Départements et unités départementales :	Département des sciences de la santé > Psychologie
Date de dépôt :	24 mars 2025 13:47
Dernière modification :	24 mars 2025 13:50
URI :	https://semaphore.uqar.ca/id/eprint/3234