Original scientific paper
ADOLESCENT PERSONALITY AND SELF-ESTEEM – AN ANALYSIS OF SELF-REPORTS AND PARENTAL-RATINGS
Boris MLAČIĆ
Goran MILAS
Ana KRATOHVIL
Abstract
This article describes the factor structure of IPIP Big-Five factor
markers in self-reports and parental-ratings of a sample of adolescents
in Croatia. A large sample of adolescents (N = 706)
used the revised Croatian version of the 50-item IPIP Big-Five
inventory to describe themselves, and they were also described
by 592 of their parents on the same instrument. The adolescents
also used the translated version of Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale
to describe themselves and they were also described by their
parents on the same measure. In separate analyses of both self-
-reports and parental-ratings, the IPIP measures showed clear
five-factor orthogonal structures that were nearly identical to the
Croatian adult structure and American structure. The relations of
self-reports and the parental-ratings on IPIP Big-Five markers
revealed a clear one-to-one relation between all five corresponding
factors. In separate analyses of both self-reports and parental-
ratings, the self-esteem measures showed a close correspondence
to the factor structure of the original form and the single
factor of self-esteem was highly correspondent between those
two data sets. Five personality factors were moderately, however
consistently, related to self-esteem. The relation between the
dimension of Emotional Instability and self-esteem was the
strongest while the relation of Agreeableness and self-esteem
was the weakest.
Keywords
Big-Five; adolescents; self-esteem; self-reports; parental-ratings
Hrčak ID:
18928
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2007.
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