Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSES). Eight of the ten items from the RSES29 were used to measure
overall feelings of self-worth and self-esteem. This was done because when the internal consistency of the ten items was analyzed, during the pilot testing of the instruments, item one (“I feel that I am a person of worth, at least on an equal plane with others.”) had a low item-total correlation, while item eight (“Wish that I could have more respect for myself”) showed a negative-total correlation. Thus, items one and eight were not used in this study. The reliability of the remaining eight items produced a Cronbach’s alpha of