Hare Area-Specific Self-Esteem Scale
Description
This scale measures adolescents’ feelings about their worth and importance among peers, as students, and as family members. Students are asked to indicate the extent to which they agree or disagree with 10 statements.
Keywords
This tool touches on the following keywords:
- Self-Esteem/Efficacy
- Personal Attitudes and Beliefs
- Peer Relationships
- Mental Health (including Depression)
- Family Relationships
Where to find or download
This instrument can be found on pages 144-145 of Measuring Violence-Related Attitudes, Behaviors, and Influences Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools, available online at: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/YV_Compendium.pdf .
Fees and Requirements
None noted.
Age Range
Middle and high school age youth. Has been used in previous research with African American males age 12-16.
How to Administer and score
Pencil and paper self-report. Point values are assigned as follows:
- Strongly agree = 4
- Agree = 3
- Disagree = 2
- Strongly disagree = 1
Items 1, 3, 5, 6 and 9 are reverse coded. Values are summed and divided by the total number of items (10) for each respondent. The intended range is 1-4, with a high score indicating a greater feeling of self-worth.
Source
Shoemaker, A.L. (1980). Construct validity of area specific self-esteem: The Hare Self-Esteem Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 40(2):495-501.
