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Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
This analysis of 12,266 responses to the 3 Self-Description Questionnaires (which measure dimensions of self-concept in preadolescence) examined age and sex effects during preadolescence and early adulthood and alternative operationalizations of the proposition that self-concept becomes more differentiated with age. Well-defined factor structures…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Testing
Peer reviewedGustafsson, Jan-Eric; Undheim, Johan Olav – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
The stability of some dimensions of ability between the ages of 12 and 15 years was investigated for 225 boys and 242 girls in Sweden. Testing in grades 6, 8, and 9 indicated high stability for the general intelligence factor and for the residual of the General Visual factor. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Testing
Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
New academic self-concept measures were used to assess self-concepts for 234 boys in grades 5 and 6 (13 subjects) and 524 boys in grades 7 through 10 (16 subjects) at a Catholic boys school in Sydney (Australia) and to test the Marsh/Shavelson model. Academic self-concept is remarkably subject specific. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
