4. THE MSEI…
• OBJECTIVE SELF-REPORT INVENTORY
WHICH MEASURES COMPONENTS OF
SELF-ESTEEM
• CREATED IN 1980
• BY EDWARD J. O’BRIEN, PH.D. AND
SEYMOUR EPSTEIN, PH.D.
5. • THERE IS WIDE RECOGNITION AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS,
EDUCATORS, AND PERSONALITY HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS THAT A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE INVOLVES EXAMINATION OF
THE INDIVIDUAL’S OF SELF-PERCEPTIONS (SELF-
CONCEPT) AND THE EVALUATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH
THOSE PERCEPTIONS IN PART FROM A
MULTIDIMENTIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
• MSEI IS AN OBJECTIVE SELF-REPORT INVENTORY WHICH
PROVIDES MEASURES OF THE COMPONENTS OF SELF-
ESTEEM.
6. • THE MSEI, BASED ON A COHERENT MODEL OF SELF-
CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM, MEASURES GLOBAL SELF-
ESTEEM AND ITS EIGHT COMPONENTS: COMPETENCE,
LOVABILITY, PERSONAL POWER, SELF-CONTROL, MORAL
SELF-APPROVAL, BODY APPEARANCE AND BODY
FUNCTIONING.
• THE MSEI ALSO CONTAINS TWO UNIQUE SCALES: IDENTITY
INTEGRATION MEASURES GLOBAL SELF-CONCEPT;
DEFENSIVE SELF-ENHANCEMENT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN
“TRULY HIGH” AND “DEFENSIVELY HIGH” SELF-ESTEEM.
7. COMPONENT OF SELF-ESTEEM
1. COMPETENCY (CMP) : BEING CAPABLE, ABLE TO LEARN
2. LOVABILITY (LVE) : WORTHINESS OF LOVE AND BEING LOVED
3. LIKEABILITY (LKE) : MAKING AN IMPRESSION ON OTHERS
4. SELF-CONTROL (SFC) : GOAL-SETTING, CONTROL OF EMOTIONS
5. PERSONAL POWER (PWR) : IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON OTHERS
6. MORAL SELF-APPROVAL (MOR) : LEVEL OF SATISFACTION WITHMORAL
VALUES AND BEHAVIOUR
7. BODY APPEARANCE (BAP): VALUE PLACED ON PHYSICAL
8. APPEARANCE BODY FUNCTIONING(BFN) : HEALTH, PHYSICAL
CONDITION OF THE BODY
Global Self Esteem (GSE)
measures overall feelings of positive self-worth
and adequacy
Testing Scales in
MSEI
8. • IDENTITY INTEGRATION (IDN)
ORGANIZATION OF SELF-EXPERIENCE AND MEASURES N
INDIVIDUAL'S VIEWS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF HIS OR HER
SELF-CONCEPT IN SHAPING LIFE EXPERIENCE
• DEFENSIVE SELF-ENHANCEMENT (DEF)
ALLOWS DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE 'TRULY HIGH' SELF-ESTEEM AND THOSE WHO HAVE
'DEFENSIVELY HIGH' SELF-ESTEEM
9. THEORETICAL BACKAGROUND
• EVALUATION OF PERSONALITY =
EXAMINATION OF SELF-CONCEPT, AND
SELF-ESTEEM
• BASED ON MODEL OF SELF-CONCEPT
AND SELF-ESTEEM BY EPSTEIN (1980)
• SELF-EVALUTION IS STRUCTURED IN A
HIERARCHY
10. ON THE HIERARCHY
• HIGHEST LEVEL : GLOBAL SELF-ESTEEM
• INTERMEDIATE LEVEL : COMPONENTS
MORE SPESIFIC TO CERTAIN DOMAINS
• LOWEST LEVEL : ELEMENT WITH LITTLE
INFLUENCE ON GLOBAL SELF-ESTEEM OR
SITUATION- SPESIFIC PERFORMANCE
11. SUPPORTING RESEARCH 1
1. MSEI HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND EMPLOYED
IN NUMEROUS EXPERIMENTS BY OTHER
ASSOCIATED AND INDEPENDENT
RESEARCHERS
2. THESE STUDIES EITHER DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ADDRESS THE VALIDITY OF
THE MSEI AND THE SCOPE OF POTENTIAL
USE OF THE MSEI SCALES
3. SUBJECTS WERE DIVIDED INTO HIGH AND
LOW SELF ESTEEM GROUPS BASED ON
TOTAL (SUM OF ALL COMPONENT SELF
ESTEEM SCALES) ON THE MSEI
12. FINDINGS: DEPRESSION AND SELF-ESTEEM MAY BE STRONGLY
RELATED TO DIFFERENCES IN EXPLANATORY STYLE FOR
NEGATIVE OUTCOMES
CLINICAL SIGNIFICANTS: TREATMENT BASED ON ELICITING
POSITIVE PRE-BEHAVIOURAL COGNITIONS MAY BE EFFECTIVE IN
THREATING INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC LOW EXPECTANCIES
(E.G LOW SELF-ESTEEM, DEPRESSED, LOW ARCHIEVEMENT, SHY)
- CAMPBELL, J.D, & FRAIREY, P.J. (1985). EFFECT OF SELF-
ESTEEM, HYPOTHECTIAL EXPLANATIONS, AND
VERBALIZATION OF EXPECTANCIES ON FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 48,
1097-111
13. SUPPORTING OF RESEARCH 2
ANNA SUCHANSKA. (2013). SELF-
COMPLEXITY AND THE SENSE OF IDENTITY
JENNIFER LAGOMARSINO, MICHELLE
GALLAGHER, SARA YANKALUNAS, CHARLES
I.BROOKS DAN JEAN P.O’BRIEN. (1988).
PERCEPTION OF A MODELS SELF-ESTEEM AS
A FUNCTION OF OBSERVER SELF-ESTEEM
AND MODELS DURATION OF EYE CONTACT.
14. PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
OF MSEI
RELIABILITY
INTERNAL CONSISTENCY AND THE STABILITY OF THIS
ASSESSMENT TOOL HAVE BEEN STUDIED AND THE AUTHORS
FOUND THEM TO BE SATISFACTORILY HIGH
VALIDITY
VERY THOROUGH STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED BY THE
RESEARCHERS TO ANALYSE THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY,
CORRELATING MSEI’S SCORES WITH OTHER TOOLS MEASURING
SEVERAL PERSONALITY VARIABLES, SUCH AS ROSENBERG SELF-
ESTEEM SCALE (RSES) AND GENERALIZED EXPECTANCY FOR
SUCCESS SCALE (GESS) TO OBTAIN AN EXPECTED RESULT.
15. INTERPRETATION OF MSEI
T SCORES PRESENTED ON THE PROFILE FORMS
ARE NORMALIZED LINEAR TRANSFORMS OF
RAW SCORES WHICH HAVE A MEAN OF 50 AND
A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 10.
LOW SCORES ARE TYPICALLY OF CONCERN FOR
ALL SCALES EXCEPT DEF.
FOR DEF, HIGH SCORE IS TYPICALLY OF
CONCERN, SINCE IT SUGGESTS DEFENSIVENESS
AND BIASED SELF-PRESENTATION.
16. INTERPRETATION OF T SCORE
SIGNIFICANT
LY LOW
SIGNIFICANTL
Y HIGH
MODERA
TELY
LOW
NORMAL
MODERA
TELY
HIGH
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