About the test
Self-esteem test
Ten statements on how you value yourself and your abilities, based on Rosenberg's classic self-esteem scale. Quick, with a short explanation of your score.
- 10 questions
- About 2 min
Questionnaire / instrument: IPIP Self-Esteem
What does it measure?
Your general sense of self-worth and how positively or negatively you tend to evaluate yourself. It concerns your overall view of yourself rather than confidence in a particular skill.
Where does it come from?
This is the ten-item IPIP scale modelled on Rosenberg’s work on self-esteem. The wording and scoring key come from IPIP, rather than the original Rosenberg questionnaire.
How is the result calculated?
Five positive and five negative items are combined after reverse scoring. Their average is displayed on a 0–100 scale, with descriptive feedback for lower, middle and higher responses.
What can the result tell you?
The score is not a population percentile or a clinical threshold. Self-esteem can vary with experiences and current circumstances; the result is a starting point for reflection rather than a judgement of your value.
Languages and adaptations
Some item translations are reused from our existing IPIP banks; other wording was translated for this site with AI assistance. Translation does not by itself establish that a scale has the same measurement properties in another language.
License and reuse
Public domainIPIP places its items and scales in the public domain. They may be used, copied, adapted and translated for commercial and non-commercial purposes without a fee or separate permission.
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Sources and further reading
Goldberg, L. R., et al. (2006). The International Personality Item Pool and the future of public-domain personality measures. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 84-96. Scale modelled on Rosenberg, M. (1965). Society and the adolescent self-image. Princeton University Press.