Self-Esteem

@article{Michaels2007SelfEsteem,
  title={Self-Esteem},
  author={Marcia L. Michaels and Alicia Barr and Mark W. Roosa and George P. Knight},
  journal={The Journal of Early Adolescence},
  year={2007},
  volume={27},
  pages={269 - 295}
}
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… 
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