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**this week's discussion, we will collaboratively create a measure of self-esteem.** 1. Provide a working definition of self-esteem. 2. Indicate the type of response format that you would recommend for our instrument (for example, Likert-scale, open-ended, true-false, multiple choice) 3. Discuss you…
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**this week's discussion, we will collaboratively create a measure of self-esteem.**
1. Provide a working definition of self-esteem.
2. Indicate the type of response format that you would recommend for our instrument (for example, Likert-scale, open-ended, true-false, multiple choice)
3. Discuss your approach to item construction. In other words, describe the process you use to generate items for our instrument.
4. List at least five items we could include in our new self-esteem scale.
Hi Class,
I mentioned in the live session this week that there are some issues with reverse-scored items. I am attaching an article here that goes more in depth regarding these issues.
Given the challenges with reverse scored items, please have all 5 of your suggestions have phrasing in a forward manner (I know I mentioned it might be good to have one reverse scored, but let's keep consistent and just have all items in the same direction). Any questions, let me know!
Reference
van Sonderen, E., Sanderman, R., & Coyne, J.C. (2013). Ineffectiveness of reverse wording of questionnaire items: Let’s learn from cows in the rain. _PLOS One, 8_(7), e68967.
[van Sonderen et al. (2013) Ineffectiveness of reverse wording.pdf](https://keiseruniversity.blackboard.com/courses/1/RSM815G3-103102025/db/_27059105_1/van%20Sonderen%20et%20al.%20%282013%29%20Ineffectiveness%20of%20reverse%20wording.pdf) (97.847 KB)
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