Correlations between Coopersmith's Self-Esteem Inventory and the California Test of Personality for Children in Grades Four and Six

Abstract

Correlations between scores on Coopersmith's self-esteem inventory and a measure of emotional adjustment, the California Test of Personality, for 214 fourth and 213 sixth grade children, contrary to expectations, were not curvilinear. For n = 427 Coopersmith scores correlated .62, .49, and .59 with the California Personal, Social and Total scores respectively, rs by grade and sex were not substantially different However, for fourth graders, self-esteem scores were more strongly related to Personal Adjustment scores than they were to the Social Adjustment scores, whereas for sixth graders, these rs were about the same.