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Categories: Assessment , Health & Fitness , Psychology
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Self-esteem reflects your overall sense of personal value. Psychologists measure it as a single latent trait that influences motivation, resilience, and life satisfaction. Because it shapes how you interpret successes and setbacks, tracking self-esteem helps you recognise patterns that may support—or undermine—well-being and goal pursuit.

This tool applies the ten-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. You rate how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement; the reactive engine assigns a score from 0 to 3 per item, automatically reversing negatively worded statements, then totals the values and bands the result into low, normal, or high ranges. A charting layer visualises your final score.

Use the assessment before challenging tasks or during reflective journalling to monitor changes over time. *Interpret scores as guidance only—personal factors and context matter.* **Results do not constitute a clinical diagnosis.**

Technical Details:

The Rosenberg scale operationalises self-esteem as the arithmetic sum of ten ordinal responses. Each item is scored on a four-point Likert continuum (strongly disagree = 0 → strongly agree = 3). Five items are reverse-keyed to control for acquiescence bias, ensuring the summed index (0 – 30) reliably approximates global self-regard across cultures and age groups.

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Score RangeBandInterpretation
0 – 14LowBelow typical self-esteem
15 – 25NormalTypical population range
26 – 30HighAbove-average self-esteem

Higher totals imply stronger positive self-evaluation; lower totals suggest self-doubt or negative self-views that may warrant attention.

  • answerScale – four-level ordinal responses.
  • reverseKey – flag that inverts scoring (value = 3 − response).
  • totalScore – integer sum 0 – 30.
  • severityBand – categorical mapping of totalScore to Low/Normal/High.
Example: Responses = [3, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 0, 0]. Reverse-key items (3, 5, 8, 9, 10) become [2, 2, 2, 2, 3]. Total = 24 → Normal.
  • Validated mainly in adolescents and adults.
  • Scale assumes honesty and introspection.
  • Culture may shift response thresholds.
  • Single-time snapshots miss transient mood effects.
  • Skips reduce reliability.
  • Extreme acquiescence distorts totals.
  • Misreading reverse items inflates error.
  • Scores = 0 or 30 warrant careful interpretation.

Psychometric support: Rosenberg (1965), Robins & Hendin (2001), Gray-Little et al. (1997). Reported Cronbach’s α ≈ 0.77–0.88 across diverse samples.

All computations run locally; no personal data leaves your device, supporting GDPR compliance.

Step-by-Step Guide:

Answer the ten statements in sequence; pause anytime and resume from the same device.

  1. Select Start Assessment.
  2. Read statement 1 and pick a response.
  3. Continue through the list; the progress bar updates automatically.
  4. Review your score, coloured badge, and gauge once all items are answered.
  5. Scroll down to view a table of your answers for reflection or note-taking.

FAQ:

Why only ten items?

The Rosenberg scale balances brevity with reliability; ten items capture global self-esteem without unnecessary redundancy or survey fatigue.

Is my data stored?

No. All scoring happens in your browser. Results are neither transmitted nor retained after you close the page.

What do the bands mean?

Bands contextualise your total within population norms. Low suggests reduced self-regard, normal reflects typical self-esteem, and high indicates stronger positive self-views.

Can I compare scores?

Yes. Re-take the assessment periodically under similar conditions and compare totals to track changes over time.

Is this a diagnosis?

No. The tool screens general self-esteem and should complement—not replace—professional assessment when concerns persist.

Glossary:

Self-esteem
Overall evaluation of personal worth.
Likert Scale
Ordered response format indicating agreement strength.
Reverse-Keyed
Item scored opposite to wording to control bias.
Cronbach’s α
Index of internal consistency reliability.
Acquiescence Bias
Tendency to agree regardless of content.

No data is transmitted or stored server-side.