Adaptation and Validation of Aricak’s Professional Self- Esteem Scale for use in the Pakistani Context

Table 2: Factor loading and reliability coefficient of revised scale

	Questions	A	B	C	D	E
Q: 1	I deserve better professions than my current one	.452
Q: 4	I cannot respond proudly when my profession is asked	.382
Q: 6	I chose my profession reluctantly	.443
Q: 10	Because of a preference error, currently I hold a profession that I do not want	.508
Q: 12	I could not yet adopt the values of my profession	.494
Q: 15	I despise my profession	.406
Q: 17	There are times I live conflict in myself because I chose this profession	.509
Q: 19	I think that my abilities are not suitable for my profession	.480
Q: 21	I consider changing my profession	.675
Q: 22	I believe that my profession cannot meet my needs	.418
Q: 27	I think my interests are not suitable to my profession	.605
Q: 29	I look as if I enjoy my profession, although I do not	.381
Q: 2	My profession is very important to me		.659
Q: 5	I think I can be productive and efficient in my profession		.798
Q: 9	I respect my profession a lot		.786
Q: 11	I think my profession is a preferred and desired profession		.697
Q: 13	I am happy with my profession		.657
Q: 16	I can give myself emotionally to my profession			.51
Q: 18	I can succeed important and beneficial things for humanity by means of my profession			.718
Q: 20	I think that my profession has a brilliant future			.503
Q: 24	I will pursue my profession because I want to			.707
Q: 26	I can advocate my profession easily if needed			.742
Q: 28	I think my profession is prestigious			.644
Q: 30	My profession has the attributes that my ideal profession would have			.686
Q: 31	I can perform well my professional responsibilities			.702
Q: 32	I think my standards of life is better than other professionals			.361
Q: 35	I think I am a reasonably good teacher			.559
Q: 36	In my opinion I can bring about a positive change in student’s life			.613
Q: 8	I cannot concentrate on the intellectual activities that my profession requires				.367
Q: 33	I think I have some professional deficiencies				.770
Q: 34	I think people do not value me as a teacher				.573
Q: 37	People do not value me as a teacher				.504
Q: 3	I don’t find my profession to be suitable for my personality					.693
Q: 7	My profession is a part of myself					.617
Q: 14	My profession has the attributes to affect people					.649
Q: 23	I wish I had a profession that I can proudly tell					.479
Q: 25	When I receive a negative critique about my profession, I have the tendency to perceive it worthless.					.428

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