Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count of Think Aloud Protocol Interviews of the Items of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale during and after the Pandemic

The objective of this study is to compare the interpretation of the items on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale (RSES: Rosenberg, 1965) during and after the pandemic, through Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC: Pennebaker, Francis & Booth, 2001). 69 interviews were conducted, 36 in 2020 and 33 in 2024.