Surveyed 426 children from intact, divorced, and reconstituted families, who responded to the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children to evaluate their families and themselves. Results showed a significant association between children's self-concepts and both their family structure and family concepts. (JAC)

Describes an alternative approach to measuring the self that directly accounts for the way individuals ruminate on their external actions in order to inform and maintain their self-image. Analysis of responses to this measure confirmed that the scale is multidimensional, possesses appropriate properties, and contains a high degree of ecological…

Examined self-concept and perceived athletic competence of Turkish early adolescents in relation to physical activity level and gender. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed significant main effects for gender and physical activity level but no significant gender by physical activity interaction. Univariate analysis demonstrated significant…

One hundred high school students completed semantic differential ratings of themselves in general and in four roles: student, athlete, son/daughter, and best friend. Results suggest that self-concept is better conceptualized as multiple and differentiated rather than as unitary and global. (Author/RH)

Guttman Scales were used to measure changes in four aspects of pre-adolescent and adolescent self-concept: stability of self-image, self-consciousness, self-esteem, and depressive affect. (Author/DB)

Determined if selected personal and academic variables were predictive of self-concept scores. Both academic and personal variables made a significant, unique contribution to prediction of self-concept scores. Grade point average, extracurricular activities, health, and home life individually made a unique contribution to the prediction of…

Identifies attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) in Korean juvenile delinquents. Intelligence tests, Test of Variables of Attention, Teacher Report form, Youth Self-Report, and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale were administered to 98 incarcerated youth and 84 nondelinquent youth. In the delinquent youth, 42.2% of the adolescents were…

The increased social demands upon today's youth force them to stay in school longer, depend on their parents' financial aid for a greater length of time, and, consequently, be less independent psychologically. (CK)

A significant negative correlation was found between distance of moving and self-concept of adolescents; the greater the distance moved, the lower the self-concept score. (Author/DB)

A relationship was found between an individual's performance in school and that person's opinion of himself. (CK)

Ninety-two males aged 17 to 20 were interviewed and categorized in terms of four identity statuses: identity achievement (IA), moratorium (M), foreclosure (F), or identity diffusion (ID). Individuals in the IA and M statuses performed better than those in F and ID statuses on the Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, which was used as a…

A review of the literature was conducted on two aspects of adolescent egocentrism: the imaginary audience and the personal fable. Results of the review yielded contradictory findings in most areas of the research. Reasons for these contradictions are explored, and suggestions for future research are presented. (Author)

Investigates Erikson's theory that adolescent identity exploration is associated with a variety of symptoms. Results support Erikson's theory, indicating that adolescents who were actively engaged in identity exploration were more likely to produce a personality pattern characterized by self-doubt, confusion, disturbed thinking, impulsivity,…

Investigated the relationship between the development of formal operations and the formation of ego identity in adolescence. Obtained significant positive correlations between combinatorial ability and degree of identity, suggesting that high identity may facilitate the application of combinatorial operations. Found some gender differences in task…