The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) is a widely used and the most reputed instrument for measuring self-esteem. This scale has been tested for reliability and validity in many settings. In Canada Bagley et al (1997) validated the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) on more than 2100 high school students. These authors also found the RSES as a reliable and valid tool for measuring self-esteem. The RSES was devised as a unitary scale, and this scale has consistently been having alpha values in excess of 0.85 (Bagley et al. 1997).
The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) was applied on the nurses to measure job burnout, which is also a valid tool to measure the burnout phenomenon. Previous research has so far not addressed the