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The Bachman Self-Esteem Scale (Bachman, 1970) is a 10-item scale designed to measure self-esteem. Different versions of the scale have been created which include a subset of the original 10 items.
Reference
Bachman, J. G. (1970). Youth in Transition
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grade boys. University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research
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https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED051414
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List of questions
| Question number | Question | Original 10-item version | 11-item |
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| version | 8-item version | |||
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| 1 | I feel that I'm a person of worth, at least on an equal plane with others | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2 | I feel that I have a number of good qualities | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | I am able to do things as well as most other people | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | I feel I do not have much to be proud of | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5 | I take a positive attitude toward myself | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 6 | Sometimes I think I am no good at all | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 7 | I am a useful guy to have around | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 8 | I feel that I can't do anything right | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 9 | When I do a job, I do it well | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 10 | I feel that my life is not very useful |
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| ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Items which are not included in the original version | ||||
| 11 | I am unlucky | ✓ | ||
| 12 | I certainly feel useless at times | ✓ | ||
| 13 | I am a likeable person. | ✓ | ||
| 14 | I can usually solve my own problems. | ✓ | ||
| 15 | All in all, I am inclined to feel I am a failure. | ✓ | ||
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
| Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
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| Original 10- |
| item version | ALSPAC |
| 2008-2010 | Department for Children, Schools and Families Plans and Aspirations Questionnaire | ALSPAC |
| Plans and Aspirations (DCSF) Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11- |
| item version | ALSPAC |
| 1993-1995 | Partner's Health Events and Feelings | ALSPAC |
| Partners Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11- |
| item version | ALSPAC | 1993-1995 | Your Health Events and Feelings |
| ALSPAC Your Health Events and Feelings Questionnaire Dataset | ||||
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 1996-1999 | Study Mother's Questionnaire | ALSPAC Study Mothers Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 1996-1999 | Study Partner's Questionnaire | ALSPAC Study Partners Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 1999-2002 | About Your Class | ALSPAC About Your Class Questionnaire for teachers Dataset |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 2002-2004 | Questionnaire for Class Teacher | - |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 2010 | You and Your Life | ALSPAC You and Your Life Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 2013 | Focusing On You | ALSPAC Focusing on You Questionnaire Dataset |
| 11-item version | ALSPAC | 2013-2014 | Your Life in 2013 |
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| 8-item version | USoc | 2012-2013 | Wave 4 Main Questionnaire | Wave 4 Data from the individual interview Dataset |