Scales: Global self-esteem, competence, lovability, likability, self-control, personal power, moral self approval, body appearance, body functioning, identity integration, and defensive self-enhancement.
Reliablity: Test-retest for each scale ranges from .65 to .71. Coefficient alphas range on each scale from .71 to .77.
Validity: Content-based on a three-level hierarchical model of self-esteem. Convergent-correlated with the Self-Concept and Motivation Inventory r = .25 and with the Eysenck Personality Inventory r = .45. Discriminant-correlated with Hamilton Depression Inventory r = .19.
a. Given this technical information, which of the above instruments would you select?
b. What additional information would you want to have to make your decision?