Study Brenner (1970): study US 1960

Public:

Highschool pupils, New York State, USA, 1960

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 5204

Non Response:

1%

Assessment:

Questionnaire: paper

Correlate

Authors's label

Self-esteem

Our Classification

Operationalization

10-item index (Guttman scale) of agree/ disagree statements on feeling to be a person of worth, having a number of good qualities, feeling to be a fail- ure, being able to do things as well as most other people, not having much to be proud of, positive attitude towards oneself, satisfaction with oneself, lack of self-respect, feeling useless at times, being no good at all (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; see Rosenberg, 1965).

Observed Relation with Happiness