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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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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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