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Halote, Barry; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
The construct validity of a 17-item exploratory academic self-concept subscale derived from the Piers-Harris Chidlren's Self-Concept Scale was investigated. Its empirical factor structure and its correlation with two other academic self-concept instruments were analyzed. Research use only is recommended pending rewriting of this exploratory…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Factor Structure, Self Concept Measures
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Darakjian, Gregory P.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1985
In a longitudinal investigation, the subscales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept revealed declining predictive validity coefficients relative to criteria of secondary school grades. However, the Level of Aspiration subscale consistently exhibited significant predictive validities of student success during each of four time segments. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic)
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Halote, Barry; Michael, William B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Scores of 202 primarily Hispanic community college students were used to determine (1) the correlations of each of five factor subscales of a research form of the dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) measure with the Total Score of the Academic Self-Concept Scale and (2) the empirical factor structure of each instrument. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Factor Analysis
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Taylor, Louise Kathleen; Michael, William B. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1981
The importance of theory and experimental findings in giving direction, structure, and comprehensibility to research about self-concept is discussed. Analysis of the necessary affective variables to be included in the systematic experimentally-based development of effective educational programs in the affective domain is emphasized. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation