I am a doctoral student in the process of writing my dissertation on
the relationship between violence and self-esteem in adolescents
living in a rural, urban, or suburban community.  Recently i was told
of an instrument written by Kirkpatrick and Ellis (2001)whose measures
are more specific than the global measures of say Rosenberg's
self-esteem scale.  I have searched Buros, Western Psychological
Services numerous web data bases and Ask Eric without any luck.  I am
hoping you can help me.

Hello doctoralstudent,

This is most likely the reference you want. Because it is a book
chapter rather than a journal article, it is unlikely to be indexed in
a bibliographical database.

Kirkpatrick, L. A., & Ellis, B. J. (2001). An evolutionary approach to
self-esteem: Multiple domains and multiple functions. In M. Clark & G.
Fletcher (Eds.), The Blackwell handbook of social psychology, Vol. 2:
Interpersonal Processes (pp. 411-436). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.

If you want to contact either of the authors, they have web pages with
contact details:
http://faculty.wm.edu/lakirk/ for Lee A. Kirkpatrick
http://www.psyc.canterbury.ac.nz/exp/bruceellis/publish.html for Bruce
Ellis

Blackwell Publishers have information about the book at:
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/book.asp?ref=0631212280

The book is available from Amazon.com, but it is not cheap!
Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology: Interpersonal Processes
(Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology)
by Garth J. O. Fletcher (Editor), Margaret S. Clark (Editor)
Hardcover: 640 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.08 x 9.99 x 7.10 
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; ISBN: 0631212280; (January 2001) 
$131.95 
However, a paperback edition is supposed to appear this month, and
will cost $39.95
Blackwell Publishers; ISBN: 0631212299; (October 2002) 

Do try asking the library at your institution.  They might already
have the book, or might be able to get it for you on interlibrary
loan.

Hope this helps

Search strategy on Google: Kirkpatrick Ellis self-esteem 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Kirkpatrick+Ellis+self-esteem

Dear researcher tehuti, your terrific!! Thanks for the help, Google
was my last resort and from now on will be the first place i look. 
Best regards, doctoralstudent