en روانسنجي Psychometric پژوهشي Original Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objective</strong>: 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.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: 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&rsquo;s self-esteem inventory and Rosenberg&rsquo;s self-esteem scale.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Results</strong>: The Cronbach &alpha; 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.<br> <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The findings showed that the Persian version of the adult sources of self-esteem inventory is a suitable tool to assess sources of self-esteem and can be used in research and intervention fields in Iranian samples.<br> <span dir="RTL"></span></div> Self-esteem, Validity, Reliability, Factor analysis 9 22 http://jpcp.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-783-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Negar Sadeghi negar.sa.35@gmail.com 0000-0002-6294-1100 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran. Balal Ezanlu izan.b@khu.ac.ir 0000-0002-6839-3598 Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Education, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran.