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Self-esteem test

How do you get on with yourself?

The Rosenberg scale: ten statements, half a century of use, and the most reliable quick snapshot of how you value yourself. Low self-esteem isn't a fixed trait: it's a state you can work on — this test tells you your starting point.

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  • Self-esteem

    Your overall evaluation of yourself: how much you respect and like who you are.

Where this comes from

This test draws on published, peer-reviewed instruments. It is not a certified adaptation: the items are rewritten in everyday language.

  1. [1]
    Rosenberg (1965). Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton UP

    The original 10-item scale, the most widely used short instrument in psychology

  2. [2]
    Sowislo & Orth (2013). Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 213–240

    Longitudinal meta-analysis: low self-esteem precedes depression, not the other way round

  3. [3]
    Orth & Robins (2014). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(5)

    How self-esteem develops across the lifespan (it rises until about 60)