Bachman Self-Esteem Scale

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 II: The impact of family background and intelligence on tenth-grade boys. University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED051414

List of questions

Question number	Question	Original 10-item version	11-item version	8-item version

Question number	Question	Original 10-item version	11-item version	8-item version
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	✓	✓
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

Version	Study	Year	Questionnaire	Dataset
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	-
8-item version	USoc	2012-2013	Wave 4 Main Questionnaire	Wave 4 Data from the individual interview Dataset