If you computed the correlations between scores on one self-esteem scale and the scores on another scale, where higher scores represent higher self-esteem for both scales, you would expect to find a negative correlation coefficient.

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A positive correlation coefficient is expected because higher scores on one scale should correspond to higher scores on the other scale if both measure the same construct (self-esteem) in the same direction.

If You Computed the Correlations Between Scores on One Self-Esteem