ABSTRACT

 Individuals’ self-esteem is not affected by all positive or negative outcomes, but only by the results in a specific domain that they consider important. According to the Contingencies Self-Worth Model (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001), one will invest effort in obtaining positive results only in areas that one considers relevant for self-evaluation. The present paper presents the adaptation and validation of the CSW Scale (Crocker et al., 2003) in a Romanian sample of college students (N = 543 students, 59% F). The validation of this instrument involves: (a) analysis of relations with Five-Factor Model of personality (NEO-FFI) and (b) analysis of relations with relevant behaviors (Self Reported Behaviors List). The results obtained through confirmatory factor analysis show that the CSW Scale has an acceptable configural invariance in the Romanian culture. All CSW Scale dimensions reached acceptable levels of internal consistency indices (above .70 for all factors). The correlations between the CSW Scale dimensions are statistically significant (at p<.05), supporting the idea of external and internal contingencies of self-worth. Except for Competitiveness, all CSW-S variables were associated in the expected direction with the validity criteria (both personality and relevant behaviors). Based on these findings, we can conclude that CSW-S has showed good validity in the Romanian student sample.

KEYWORDS: Contingencies Self-Worth, adaptation, personality, self-esteem

PAGES: 121-138