Development of Self-Esteem Inventory for Children in Korea.

한국 아동의 자아 존중감척도의 개발

The purpose of this study was to develop the Self-Esteem Inventory for Children in Korea. The 772 subjects were selected from 3rd-6th grades of elementory schools and the first and second grades of middle schools in Pusan. Statistics used for data analysis were Pearson's r, Cramer's V, X2, factor analysis, multi-regression, splithalf reliability, Cronbach's α. The major findings were that 1) eight factors(home self, personality self, academic self, teacher-related self, general self, physical-appearance self, peer-related self, physical-competence self) were extracted by factor analysis, multi-regression analysis conducted to reduce the iength of inventory have drawed 38 items for the Self-Esteem Inventory for Children in Korea. 2) the discriminant coefficients of the items (Cramer's V) ranged from 0.55 to 0.67. 3) the reliability coefficients of this inventory (Cronbach's α) ranged from 0.63 to 0.81. It was concluded that Self-Esteem Inventory for children is acceptable.