Table 2. Descriptive statistics, interitem, and item-total correlation of the RSES items (n = 260).
| Items | Inter-item correlation (n = 260) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| RSES 1 | On the whole, I am satisfied with myself. | 1 | |||||||||
| RSES 2 | At times, I think I am no good at all. | −0.11 | 1 | ||||||||
| RSES 3 | I feel that I have a number of good qualities. | 0.56 | −0.12 | 1 | |||||||
| RSES 4 | I am able to do things as well as most other people. | 0.51 | −0.04 | 0.63 | 1 | ||||||
| RSES 5 | I feel I do not have much to be proud of. | −0.03 | 0.48 | −0.13 | −0.11 | 1 | |||||
| RSES 6 | I certainly feel useless at times. | −0.00 | 0.62 | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.48 | 1 | ||||
| RSES 7 | I feel that I’m a person of worth, at least on an equal plane with others. | 0.52 | −0.01 | 0.64 | 0.86 | −0.07 | 0.06 | 1 | |||
| RSES 8 | I wish I could have more respect for myself. | −0.19 | 0.71 | −0.22 | −0.15 | 0.43 | 0.50 | −0.15 | 1 | ||
| RSES 9 | All in all, I am inclined to feel that I am a failure. | −0.1 | 0.85 | −0.13 | −0.09 | 0.56 | 0.63 | −0.05 | 0.71 | 1 | |
| RSES 10 | I take a positive attitude toward myself. | 0.55 | 0.01 | 0.58 | 0.63 | −0.01 | −0.03 | 0.64 | −0.08 | −0.04 | 1 |
| Item-total correlation | 0.49 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.59 | |
| Mean | 2.05 | 2.39 | 1.92 | 1.98 | 2.32 | 2.30 | 2.02 | 2.57 | 2.31 | 1.97 | |
| SD | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.86 | |
| Skewness | 0.58 | −0.02 | 0.90 | 0.69 | 0.32 | 0.21 | 0.59 | −0.39 | 0.28 | 0.72 | |
| Kurtosis | −0.55 | −0.68 | 0.75 | 0.05 | −0.47 | −0.74 | −0.08 | −0.53 | −0.40 | 0.00 | |
SD = standard deviation