Negar Sadeghi - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.
Balal Ezanlu - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.

Objective: This study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the adult sources of self-esteem inventory as a cross-cultural scale for assessing self-esteem. Methods: A sample of ۵۰۰ students (۳۵۰ females, ۱۵۰ males) were selected from Kharazmi University in Iran and they completed the Persian version of the adult sources of Elovson and Fleming’s self-esteem inventory and Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale.  Results: The Cronbach α of ۰.۹۰ indicated the satisfactory reliability of the inventory. Also, the results of the explanatory factor analysis proposed ۳ factors, namely the outer self, personal self, and relational self. Additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed this structure. Conclusion: The findings showed that the Persian version of the adult sources of self-esteem inventory is a suitable tool to assess sources of self-esteem and can be used in research and intervention fields in Iranian samples.

Self-esteem, Validity, Reliability, Factor analysis