The items in the instrument are divided into two groups: those that indicate high self-esteem and those that indicate low self-esteem. The responses are of forced choice variety; the individual checks each item either ‘yes’ or ‘no’. ‘General’ self-esteem is the aspect of self-esteem that refers to individuals’ overall perceptions of their worth, ‘social’ self-esteem is the aspect of self-esteem that refers to individuals’ perceptions of the quality of their relationships with peers and ‘personal’ self-esteem is the aspect of self-esteem that refers to individuals’ most intimate perceptions of self worth. Cronbach’s alpha for the overall scale for this study was 0.822.