article · BMC Psychiatry
Self-esteem substantially influences psychological and behavioural indicators, yet assessing it efficiently in Arabic-speaking communities, particularly in resource-constrained environments, requires accessible tools. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of an Arabic translation of the Single-Item Self-Esteem Scale, known as the A-SISE. Data gathered from 451 participants via an online survey revealed that the tool possesses robust factor structure, reliability, and construct validity. When analysed alongside the established Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the single-item measure loaded onto the factor representing positively worded items. Furthermore, scores from the A-SISE correlated positively with traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, open-mindedness, and life satisfaction, while showing negative correlations with depression and negative emotionality. Overall, the findings demonstrate that this single-item instrument offers a practical, low-cost, and valid approach for measuring self-esteem in Arabic clinical and research environments.
Self-esteem is an essential indicator of mental health, but standard psychological assessments can be lengthy and impractical. Providing a validated, single-question evaluation tool in Arabic allows practitioners and researchers to rapidly measure self-esteem across populations with limited resources, improving assessment efficiency in regions where comprehensive testing might otherwise be difficult to implement.
The validated tool has immediate potential for integration into clinical screening workflows, mental health mobile applications, and large-scale public health surveys targeting Arabic-speaking populations. Intended users include clinicians, psychological researchers, and digital health developers seeking brief assessment instruments. As an applied, tested psychometric scale, it appears ready for immediate operational deployment in settings where assessment time and financial resources are tightly restricted.
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BACKGROUND: Meta-analytic findings documented a substantial impact of self-esteem on a broad range of psychological and behavioral indicators, thus highlighting its high clinical relevance. Proving a simple and cost-effective measure of global self-esteem to the Arabic-speaking community, who mostly live in low- and middle-income countries, and where research may be challenging, would be highly valuable. In this context, we sought to investigate the psychometric characteristics of an Arabic translation of the Single-Item Self-Esteem Scale (A-SISE) in terms of factor structure, reliability, and construct validity. METHODS: A total of 451 participants were enrolled between October and December 2022. An anonymous self-administered Google Forms link was shared on WhatsApp. To examine the factor structure of the A-SISE, we used the FACTOR software. We conducted an exploratory factor analysis (EFA), using a principal component analysis on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) items first, then after adding the A-SISE. RESULTS: The results of the EFA of the RSES revealed two factors (F1 = negatively-worded items; F2 = positively-worded items), which explained 60.63% of the common variance. When adding the A-SISE, the two-factor solution obtained explained 58.74% of the variance, with the A-SISE loading on the second factor. Both RSES and A-SISE correlated significantly and positively with each other, as well as with extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, open mindedness and satisfaction with life. Moreover, they correlated significantly and negatively with negative emotionality and depression. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that the A-SISE is a simple-to-use, cost-effective, valid and reliable measure of self-esteem. We thus recommend its use in future research among Arabic-speaking people in Arab clinical and research settings, particularly when researchers are limited by time or resources constraints.
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DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04865-y
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