Abstract
Global self-worth and five domains of self-esteem (scholastic competence, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, social acceptance) were tested for measurement equivalence in a sample of Anglo American, Mexican American, African American, and Native American youth aged 9 through 14 years. The results revealed that global self-worth and scholastic competence showed strong factorial invariance in all groups, and the remaining self-esteem domains showed strong factorial invariance in some of the groups. Functional equivalence analyses revealed that the relations between self-esteem and two developmental outcome variables, conduct disorder and attitudes toward substance use, were similar in groups in which strong factorial invariance was established. Implications for multiethnic studies and self-esteem research are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 269-295 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Journal of Early Adolescence |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2007 |
Keywords
- Conduct disorder
- Ethnicity
- Measurement equivalence
- Self-esteem
- Substance use
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Sociology and Political Science
- Life-span and Life-course Studies