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The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 27, No. 3, 269-295 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431607302009

Self-Esteem

Assessing Measurement Equivalence in a Multiethnic Sample of Youth

Marcia L. Michaels

Iowa State University, marciam{at}iastate.edu.

Alicia Barr

South Plains College

Mark W. Roosa

Arizona State University

George P. Knight

Arizona State University

Global self-worth and five domains of self-esteem (scholastic competence, athletic competence, physical appearance, behavioral conduct, social acceptance) were tested for measurement equivalence in a sample of Anglo American, Mexican American, African American, and Native American youth aged 9 through 14 years. The results revealed that global self-worth and scholastic competence showed strong factorial invariance in all groups, and the remaining self-esteem domains showed strong factorial invariance in some of the groups. Functional equivalence analyses revealed that the relations between self-esteem and two developmental outcome variables, conduct disorder and attitudes toward substance use, were similar in groups in which strong factorial invariance was established. Implications for multiethnic studies and self-esteem research are discussed.

Key Words: self-esteem • ethnicity • measurement equivalence • conduct disorder • substance use


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