In order to refine further the process of measuring self-perceptions, nine different self-scales of the Affective Perception Inventory (API)--descriptive of academic settings--were administered to students in grades one through twelve, their peers, and their teachers. Within a multitrait-multimethod formulation, the scores yielded high internal…

Nine different self scales, along with the corresponding ratings on the same traits by peers and adults, were administered to children and adolescents. With a multitrait-multimethod matrix formulation, the results indicated general differentiation on the nine scales, suggesting situation-dependent and divergent self-pictures. Interpersonal…

Nomological studies have most often been conducted between networks rather than within networks of variables. To continue the series of within-network nomological research into the construct of self-concept, different self-scales descriptive of academic settings were completed by 1.852 students in grades one through twelve. The students seemed…

The concept of self is basically derived from: (1) the responses made toward the individual by significant people in his immediate environment; (2) his perceptions of their behavior relevant to him; (3) the internalization of his perceptions into a coherent set of self-views; (4) the resultant self which he perceives as reflected back into the…

The varying perspectives of self, as determined by distinct or discrete situations and individual perceptions within a multitrait-multimethod framework, were tested, and evidence for the validity of the measures was found. Six hundred ninety-eight students in grades 1-12 were randomly selected from suburban classrooms in the Northeast and…

In order to dimensionalize further the construct of self concept through within-network nomological research, nine different self-scales descriptive of academic settings were administered to students in grades 1-12, their peers, and their teachers. The subjects were administered the Affective Perception Inventory (API), which measures nine…

In both within-network and between-network analyses of the self, research results have indicated internal consistency, construct and discriminant validity in terms of multitrait-multimethod techniques, with discriminating weights for gender and age. Factor analyses have yielded a variety of clusters, including most often a self concept of ability.…

This study attempts to assess a profile of the "self" within the administrative, supervisory, and leadership roles of the superintendent as reflected in the perceptions of significant members of the school community. Evaluation of superintendents has too frequently turned on the nature of personal relationships with board members,…

An investigation was made into the various dimensions of disadvantaged children's self-perceptions in comparison to the interpersonal perceptions of them held by the significant adults in their environment--teachers and parents--both before and after a special summer program developed especially for the improvement of academic skills of the…

The study tests two hypothesis: (1) disadvantaged children have significantly higher self-perceptions than advantaged children at both the elementary and secondary school levels, and (2) disadvantaged and advantaged elementary school children have significantly higher self-perceptions than disadvantaged and advantaged high school students. 661…

The study reported here investigated the various dimensions of actual and inferred self in comparison to the ratings of the subjects by supposed significant others. An inventory of 40 bi-polar traits used extensively in previous research was given to secondary school students to measure their self-concepts and their reflected selves--how they…

To measure the interpersonal perceptions of 121 student teachers and their college supervisors and cooperating teachers, seven forms of a self-perception inventory of 72 traits expressed as dichotomous pairs of a continuum were administered to all three groups after the students had completed their educational internship. The index scores were…

Measurement of the interpersonal perceptions of student teachers, college supervisors, and cooperating teachers in the pupil schools revealed that the interns' self-concepts were similar to their perceptions of how their college supervisors would rate them as prospective teachers but highly dissimilar to their perceptions of their cooperating…

An experimental group of student teachers (N=33) exposed to Flander's Interaction Analysis significantly increased self-concept scores; controls did not. It was concluded that a higher self-image occurred partially because of an increased awareness of the verbal interaction in the classroom and improved interpersonal climate. (Appropriate tables…