Crocker, J., Luhtanen, R. K., Cooper, M. L., &Bouvrette, A. (2003). Contingencies of self-worth in college students: theory and measurement.
The Contingencies of Self-Worth Scale assesses 7 sources of self-esteem in college students: academics, appearance, approval from others, competition, family support, God's love, and virtue. In confirmatory factor analyses on data from 1,418 college students, a 7-factor model fit to the data acceptably well and significantly better than several plausible alternative models. The subscales all have high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, are distinct from other ...