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Self-esteem

Ten statements, two minutes. The Rosenberg scale is the best-known way in the world to measure how you feel about yourself overall.

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  • 2 min
  • 10 statements
  • Rosenberg scale, 1965

Self-esteem is not confidence in a particular skill, and not how you feel about your looks. It is a general sense: I'm all right, I count, I'm no worse than others. The sociologist Morris Rosenberg proposed this scale in 1965, and it has since been translated into dozens of languages. The result shows not a “correct” level, but how much you are on your own side right now.

How to read the result

  1. 0-14Low self-esteemThe inner critic is louder than support.
  2. 15-25Steady self-esteemThe healthy range, where most people are.
  3. 26-30High self-esteemYou are sure of your worth.

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Morris Rosenberg, 1965), freely available and used in research around the world. This is a self-report, not a diagnosis. Self-esteem changes over a lifetime and responds well to therapy.