psychometric properties of the persian version of adult sources of self-esteem inventory among iranian students

Objective: this study aims to determine the validity and reliability of the persian version of the adult sources of self-esteem inventory as a cross-cultural scale for assessing self-esteem. methods: a sample of 500 students (350 females, 150 males) were selected from kharazmi university in iran and they completed the persian version of the adult sources of elovson and fleming’s self-esteem inventory and rosenberg’s self-esteem scale. results: the cronbach α of 0.90 indicated the satisfactory reliability of the inventory. also, the results of the explanatory factor analysis proposed 3 factors, namely the outer self, personal self, and relational self. additionally, the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed this structure. conclusion: the findings showed that the persian version of the adult sources of selfesteem inventory is a suitable tool to assess sources of self-esteem and can be used in research and intervention fields in iranian samples.