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Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1993
Approaches to the evaluation of multitrait-multimethod data in which there are multiple indicators of each trait-method combination are explored. A first-order factor defined by multiple indicators is posited for each trait-method combination, and method and trait factors are posited as second-order factors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Scores
Peer reviewedByrne, Barbara M.; Shavelson, Richard J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1986
This study tested the multifaceted, hierarchical structure of self- concept (SC) against alternative models and determined whether academic SC can be discriminated from academic grades. Results supported the multidimensional interpretation of SC and demonstrated that general SC could be interpreted as distinct from but correlated with academic SC.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Correlation, Grade 11
Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W.; Holmes, Iain W. MacDonald – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
The construct validity of 290 preadolescent children's responses to 3 instruments claiming to measure dimensions of self-concept was studied. Instruments administered to the fifth graders include the Self-Description Questionnaire; the Perceived Competence Scale; and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scales. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Download full textMarsh, Herbert W.; Byrne, Barbara M. – 1990
Self/other agreement between self-concept ratings by the individual and self-concepts inferred by significant others is of theoretical and practical importance, but the review by J. S. Shrauger and T. J. Schoeneman (1979) found no evidence for such agreement. In the present investigation, the Self Description Questionnaire III (SDQIII) was…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMarsh, Herbert W.; Gouvernet, Paul J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The construct validities of the Self Description Questionnaire I, the Perceived Social Competence Scale, and the Multidimensional Measure of Children's Perceptions of Control were assessed, using 508 seventh through ninth graders in Sydney (Australia). Factor analysis, multitrait-multimethod analyses, and patterns of correlations with additional…
Descriptors: Children, Construct Validity, Correlation, Discriminant Analysis
Marsh, Herbert W.; Richards, Garry – 1986
The Outward Bound Bridging Course is a 6-week residential program designed to improve academic achievement and self-concepts in low-achieving high school males. During 1980-1984, five courses were conducted for 66 Australian high school males. Most of them were ninth grade students, chosen on the basis of poor academic performance, an apparent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Rating Scales, Course Evaluation, Foreign Countries
