Self-esteem is no longer a new concept in the field of psychology in the whole
world in general as well as in Vietnam in particular. There is a rich diversity of
self-esteem measurement tools that have been devised and developed. However,
in Vietnam, most of the researchers only use the original measurement
tools without adapting them to the cultural-social context of Vietnam. Hence,
this research aims to evaluate the construction and reliability of an existing
popular measurement tool of self-esteem in Europe—which is ETES—in the
context of Vietnamese culture. An empirical study was conducted in Vietnam
and 1505 valid responses of adolescents were collected. Five sub-scales—
which are physical self, emotional self, academic-future self, social self and
familial self—were identified through an exploratory factor analysis. The last
dimension (familial self) is considered a typical self-esteem area of Vietnamese
adolescents. The test-retest reliability demonstrates strong reproducibility
of the self-esteem scale and subscales. This new tool is useful for examining
how often adolescents in Vietnam evaluate their self-esteem.