Urdu Adaptation and Validation of State Self-Esteem Scale

Abstract

The present study was intended to carry out the adaptation and validation of State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) in National language (i.e., Urdu). Subsequent to completion of adaptation process, validation (i.e. reliability and validity estimates) of SSES was done on a randomly selected sample of 237 young adults ranging in age from 18-25 years (with the mean age of 22.04; SD=1.78). They belonged to all three socioeconomic status (i.e., lower, middle, and upper). The research measures employed were: Demographic Form; State Self-Esteem Scale (SSES; Heatherton & Polivy, 1991); Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale – Urdu Version (Sardar, 1998); The Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression Scale (AKUADS; Ali, Reza, Khan, & Jehan, 1998), and Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation-Urdu Version (Ayub, 2008). The findings show satisfactory internal consistency (i.e., α = .80), test-retest scores (i.e., r = .96); and Guttman split-half reliability coefficient (i.e., .85). Further, a positive correlation is found between SSES-Urdu Version and RSE (r =.49) and a negative correlation is found between SSESUrdu Version and AKUADS (r = -.51) and BSSI (r = -.29) indicating good convergent validity of the scale. The implications, limitations and avenues for future research were also suggested.