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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.; Gouvernet, Paul – 1987
The construct validity of children's responses to the Self Description Questionnaire, the Perceived Competence Scale for Children, and the Multidimensional Measure of Children's Perceptions of Control was assessed. The tests' authors emphasized the importance of distinguishing self-perceptions in the physical, social, academic, and general content…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Content Validity, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Byrne, Barbara M. – 1989
The construct validity of a multidimensional adolescent self-concept was estimated separately for males and females, and the results were compared across gender. The application of four multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) approaches to estimating construct validity was demonstrated, and the scope and consistency of the findings derived from each were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity
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
