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Bachman Self-Esteem Scale
Bachman Self-Esteem Scale
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ✓ | ||