Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 4-1999 Educational Affirmations for Healthy Self-Esteem- An Exploratory Factor Analysis Kaye L. Centers Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Counseling Psychology Commons, and the School Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Centers, Kaye L., "Educational Affirmations for Healthy Self-Esteem- An Exploratory Factor Analysis" (1999). Dissertations. 1496. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1496 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EDUCATIONAL AFFIRMATIONS FOR HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM: AN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS by Kaye L. Centers A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 1999 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. EDUCATIONAL AFFIRMATIONS FOR HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM: AN EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS Kaye L. Centers, Ed.D. Western Michigan University, 1999 This investigation explored the underlying constructs of Clarke’s Educational Affirmations, a set of 54 statements designed to support the development of healthy self-esteem and the accomplishment of the developmental tasks of the psychosocial stages theorized by Erikson. The Preliminary Educational Affirmations Scale (PEAS), a transformed version of the Educational Affirmations, was devised and administered to 520 community college students.