ABSTRACT
The Self-Esteem Project based at the University Of Exeter School Of Education is currently devising a new test of self-esteem but at the time of writing this scale is not yet ready for general use. The methods which can be used for assessment of self-esteem are varied and include self-rating scales, observation schedules, check lists, Q-sorts, open-ended responses, interviews and projective techniques. There are other possibilities for assessing self-esteem in children and they include Q-sort, repertory grid test, semantic differential, projective techniques, check lists, free response and the interview. In the UK the choice is both more limited and more difficult. However, the author would recommend the following for consideration and possible adoption: the Self-esteem Inventory – Revised, Lawrence's Self-esteem Questionnaire and H. W. Marsh's Self-description Questionnaire. W. S. Fullerton examined the association between S. A. Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory and the Behaviour Rating Form, reporting a correlation of 0.44, which is a reasonable validity coefficient for this kind of comparison.
