TheCoopersmithSelfEsteemInventory(CSEI) AnAdultVersion

Thisscaleisdesignedforanassessmentofindividualsglobalselfesteem.

Readeachofthefollowingstatementscheckthelikemecolumnifitdescribeshowyouusuallyfeelandthe unlikemecolumnifitdoesnotdescribehowyouusuallyfeel.

Likeme Unlikeme______ ______ 1.Ispendalotoftimedaydreaming.______ ______ 2.Imprettysureofmyself.______ ______ 3.IoftenwishIweresomeoneelse.______ ______ 4.Imeasytolike.______ ______ 5.MyfamilyandIhavealotoffuntogether.______ ______ 6.Ineverworryaboutanything.______ ______ 7.Ifinditveryhardtotalkinfrontofagroup.______ ______ 8.IwishIwereyounger.______ ______ 9.TherearelotsofthingsaboutmyselfIdchangeifIcould.______ ______ 10.Icanmakeupmymindwithouttoomuchtrouble.______ ______ 11.Imalotoffuntobewith.______ ______ 12.Igetupseteasilyathome.______ ______ 13.Ialwaysdotherightthing.______ ______ 14.Improudofmywork.______ ______ 15.Someonealwayshastotellmewhattodo.______ ______ 16.Ittakesmealongtimetogetusedtoanythingnew.______ ______ 17.ImoftensorryforthethingsIdo.______ ______ 18.Impopularwithpeoplemyownage.______ ______ 19.Myfamilyusuallyconsidersmyfeelings.______ ______ 20.Imneverhappy.______ ______ 21.ImdoingthebestworkthatIcan.______ ______ 22.Igiveinveryeasily.______ ______ 23.Icanusuallytakecareofmyself.______ ______ 24.Imprettyhappy.______ ______ 25.Iwouldratherassociatewithpeopleyoungerthanme.______ ______ 26.Myfamilyexpectstoomuchofme.______ ______ 27.IlikeeveryoneIknow.______ ______ 28.IliketobecalledonwhenIaminagroup.______ ______ 29.Iunderstandmyself.______ ______ 30.Itsprettytoughtobeme.______ ______ 31.Thingsareallmixedupinmylife.______ ______ 32.Peopleusuallyfollowmyideas.______ ______ 33.Noonepaysmuchattentiontomeathome.______ ______ 34.Inevergetscolded.______ ______ 35.ImnotdoingaswellatworkasIdliketo.______ ______ 36.Icanmakeupmymindandsticktoit.______ ______ 37.Ireallydontlikebeingaman/woman.______ ______ 38.Ihavealowopinionofmyself.______ ______ 39.Idontliketobewithotherpeople.______ ______ 40.TherearemanytimeswhenIdliketoleavehome.______ ______ 41.Imnevershy.______ ______ 42.Ioftenfeelupset.______ ______ 43.Ioftenfeelashamedofmyself.______ ______ 44.Imnotasnicelookingasmostpeople.______ ______ 45.IfIhavesomethingtosay,Iusuallysayit.______ ______ 46.Peoplepickonmeveryoften.______ ______ 47.Myfamilyunderstandsme.

______ ______ 48.Ialwaystellthetruth.______ ______ 49.MyemployerorsupervisormakesmefeelImnotgoodenough.______ ______ 50.Idontcarewhathappenstome.______ ______ 51.Imafailure.______ ______ 52.IgetupseteasilywhenIamscolded.______ ______ 53.MostpeoplearebetterlikedthanIam.______ ______ 54.Iusuallyfeelasifmyfamilyispushingme.______ ______ 55.Ialwaysknowwhattosaytopeople.______ ______ 56.Ioftengetdiscouraged.______ ______ 57.Thingsusuallydontbotherme.______ ______ 58.Icantbedependedon.

Scoring

Thetesthasabuiltinliescaletohelpdetermineifyouaretryingtoohardtoappeartohavehighselfesteem.

Ifyouansweredlikemetothreeormoreofthefollowingitems,retakethetestwithaneyetowardbeingmorerealisticinyourresponses:1,6,13,20,27,34,41,48.

Tocalculateyourscore,addupthenumberoftimesyourresponsesmatchthosegivenbelow.

Todeterminehowyourlevelofselfesteemcomparestothatofothers,findthevalueclosesttoyourscoreinthetable.

Likeme:Items2,4,5,10,11,14,18,19,21,23,24,28,29,32,36,45,47,55,57

Unlikeme:Items3,7,8,9,12,15,16,17,22,25,26,30,31,33,35,37,38,39,40,42,43,44,46,49,50,51,52,53,54,56,58

MenWomen

33 32 Significantlybelowaverage36 35 Somewhatbelowaverage40 39 Average44 43 Somewhataboveaverage47 46 Significantlyaboveaverage

Source:

Ryden,M.B.1978.AnadultversionoftheCoopersmithSelfEsteemInventory:Testretestreliabilityandsocialdesirability.PsychologicalReports43:11891190.Copyright1978MurielRyden.(Dr.RydensscaleisamodifiedversionofascaledevelopedbyDr.StanleyCoopersmithtomeasureselfesteeminchildren.Dr.Rydensversionisdesignedtobeusedwithadults.)