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Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith)

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Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

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CSEI; SEI; SEI-SF; SF-CSEI

Definition

The Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (CSEI or SEI; Coopersmith 1981, 1987, 2002) is one of the most commonly used self-report questionnaires designed to measure attitudes toward the self in a variety of areas (family, peers, school, and general social activities) for adolescents and adults. The CSEI consists of 50 items and yields an overall score and four separate scores representing specific aspects of self-esteem, namely, general self, social self-peers, home parents, and school academic (or professional for adult form). A set of additional items constitutes a lie scale (defensive responses; eight items). The CSEI comes in three versions: School Form (for ages 8–15 years, Form A), Adult Form (for ages 16 and above, Form C), and Short Form (Form B). All the versions can be used as a screening or/and diagnostic tool in clinical and in research settings.

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The CSEI (Coopersmith 1981, 1987, 2002) is a self-report questionnaire...

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  1. EA 4638 Psychology Laboratory of the Pays de la Loire, University of Angers, Angers, France

    Catherine Potard

  2. University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France

    Catherine Potard

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    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

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    Todd K. Shackelford

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    Brendan Clark

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Potard, C. (2017). Self-Esteem Inventory (Coopersmith). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_81-1

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