Validity and Reliability of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale-Thai Version as Compared to the Self-Esteem Visual Analog Scale
Nawanant Piyavhatkul MD*, Suwanna Aroonpongpaisal MD*, Niramol Patjanasoontorn MD*, Somchit Rongbutsri MEd*, Somchit Maneeganondh BSc*, Wijitra Pimpanit BSc*
Affiliation : * Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Objective : To compare the validity and reliability of the Thai version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale with the Self-Esteem
Visual Analog Scale.
Material and Method: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was translated into Thai and its content-validity checked by back
translation. The reliability of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale compared with the Self-Esteem Visual Analog Scale was then
tested between February and March 2008 on 270 volunteers, including 135 patients with psychiatric illness and 135 normal
volunteers. The authors analyzed the internal consistency and factor structure of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale-Thai
version and the correlation between it and the Visual Analog Scale.
Results : The Cronbach’s Alpha for the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale-Thai version was 0.849 and the Pearson’s correlation
between it and the Self-Esteem Visual Analog Scale 0.618 (p = 0.01). Two factors, viz, the positively and negatively framed
items, from the Rosenberg Self-esteem scale-Thai version accounted for 44.04% and 12.10% of the variance, respectively.
Conclusion : The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale-Thai version has acceptable reliability. The Self-Esteem Visual Analog Scale
provides an effective measure of self-esteem.
Keywords : Self-esteem, Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale, Validity, Reliability
