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Lynch, Mervin D.; Foley-Peres, Kathleen D.; Sullivan, Stefanie S. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2008
The purposes of this study were to see if the items from the Piers Harris Self Concept Scale and the Coopersmith Self Esteem Inventory had construct and predictive validity. Items used in this study were 50 items from the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory and 80 items from the Piers Harris Self-Concept Scale. Construct measures were obtained using…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Self Concept Measures, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
Lynch, Mervin D.; Chaves, John
Items from Peirs-Harris and Coopersmith self-concept tests were evaluated against independent measures on three self-constructs, idealized, empathic, and worth. Construct measurements were obtained with the semantic differential and D statistic. Ratings were obtained from 381 children, grades 4-6. For each test, item ratings and construct measures…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis