Description of the Assessment of Construct Validity
The diagram has boxes arranged in three columns. The first column contains ten boxes, labeled Item 1 to Item 10, which represent the 10 statements used in the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale, a common measure of self-esteem. The second column contains two boxes, labeled self-esteem and locus-of-control. The third column contains a single box labeled marital satisfaction. Arrows representing proposed causal relationships are drawn from self-esteem to the ten items in the first column. Arrows are drawn also between self-esteem and marital satisfaction and locus-of-control and marital satisfaction. A double, curved arrow is drawn between self-esteem and locus-of-control.
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