Harter s 2006 the development of self representations in childhood and from business aa700 at universiti teknologi mara. A selfconcept can also be defined as an allencompassing awareness you had of yourself in the past. Substantial research contradicts this assumption, showing that many aggressive students express adequate, if not inflated, selfconcept baumeister et al. Pdf construct validation of hebrew versions of three. The role of academic selfconcept see other formats journal of the scholarship of teaching and learning, vol. The present study examined whether childrens peer rejection moderated the relationship between childrens math and verbal selfconcepts and their behavioral problems at school. The construct validation of an instrument based on. Confusion exists with regard to the substantive difference between selfconcept and selfesteem. Frontiers validation of the fivefactor selfconcept. Crossref 92 schiefele u krapp a winteler a interest as a. Selfconcept affects the ability to function and greatly influences health status. The results of the present study reveal that selfconcept assumed as an important factor for. The majority of factor analytic studies have found a twofactor i.
A broad range of psychopathological sequelae was found in adult survivors of institutional childhood maltreatment im. Another popular assumption is that aggressive students have low selfconcept and use aggression as a means of raising it. Rather than defining selfconcept as a single average view of the self i. Administering selfconcept interventions in schools. Multigroup analysis for invariance between sex, age, and language groups. Physical fitness level and its relationship with self. In addition, the study aims to examine the role of body image and the practice of organized sport on the process of building the academic, social, emotional, family and physical dimensions of self. The brief pain inventory bpi is a frequently used instrument designed to assess the patientreported outcome of pain. Longitudinal structural equation models of academic self. And, although training of treatment administrators was not a significant moderator, facetoface instruction is likely to be more effective. We learn about our self concept through social comparisons. Schema model of the selfconcept university of michigan.
The secondary aim was to examine potential moderators of the association between physical activity and physical selfconcept. A structural equation modelling of the academic selfconcept scale. Math and english selfconcepts had significant path coefficients leading to subsequent school. This study extends support for the construct validity of the three strongest physical selfconcept measures for 395 israeli university students 60% women aged 18 to 54, demonstrating a new. The construct validity of two physical selfconcept. Selfconcept and selfesteem in national association of. A selfconcept is an understanding you have of yourself thats based on your personal experiences, body image, your thoughts, and how you tend to label yourself in various situations. Future studies to investigate the construct validity of pspp and psdq for another culture should consider the size and the nature of sample. Example selfconcept investigation assignment overtime, i learned a lot about myself through social comparisons.
For example crocker and al gina 1986 illustrate d the application of factor analysis to an explor atory construct validation study involving a battery of tests. To explain the construct of student selfconcept from multiple facets, marsh. Sometimes it positively affects my selfesteem and other times it affects it in a negative way. However, teacher efficacy has developed a storied history regarding construct validity.
Stanton stanford university historically, education goals have tended to fluctuate from emphasis solely on cognitive outcomes to major concern with social and. The purpose of this study was to explore the differences in satisfaction with body image depending on whether the subject practices organized sport or not, as well as the gender of the children. The study aimed at validating the academic selfconcept scale by liu and. Seven features can be identified as critical to the construct definition. For the purposes of this paper, we will maintain the distinction between selfconcept and inferred selfconcept, and focus on the former. Parental influences on students selfconcept, task value. Studies of construct validation with refe rence to factor analysis have used exploratory factor analysis as well as confirmatory factor analysis as the method to examine the data. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. The af5, fivefactor selfconcept questionnaire garcia and musitu. Five subscales which are physical self, emotional self, academicfuture self, social self and familial selfwere identified through an exploratory factor analysis. Longitudinal factor structure of general selfconcept and. Consequently, this study of 515 coeducational queensland year 5 students investigated the generalisability and robustness of the norms of two contemporary selfconcept instruments, the selfdescription questionnairei sdqi. Making sense of oneselfwho one is, was, and may become, and therefore the path one should take in the worldis a core selfproject. This study investigates the conceptual issues, theoretical rationale, construct validity, psychometric properties, and empirical analysis of the self.
Validation of the fivefactor selfconcept questionnaire af5 in. Self and identity researchers have long believed that the self is both a product of situations and a shaper of behavior in situations. The validity of standardised ossessment instruments and their normative data is a significant issue in school psychology. Self and identity theories assume that people care about themselves. Previous research has found a strong correlation between childrens academic selfconcept and their behavioral problems. This studys findings support a multidimensional view of selfconcept, and represent a more accurate image of the relationship between pql, pa, and selfconcept. Ageassociated changes of selfconcept are related to the individuals perception. The scale was administered to 283 students average age. Relevant studies were identified through a comprehensive search of electronic databases. This study examined the longitudinal factor structure of general selfconcept and locus of control among high school students over a 4year period, with data from the national educational longitudi. The role of academic selfconcept stacie craft defreitas 1 and anne rinn 2 abstract. Terms such as selfconcept, selfesteem, selfworth, selfacceptance, and so on are often used interchangeably and inconsistently, when they may relate to different ideas about how people view themselves. Longitudinal causal models of growth in math and english constructs school grades, standardized tests, academic selfconcept, affect and coursework selection were based on three waves of data from the large n 24,599, nationally representative national education longitudinal study of 1988. How does physical activity intervention improve self.
Physical activity and physical selfconcept in youth. The construct, selfconcept, can be further defined by seven critical features cf. Academic selfconcept and academic interest measurement. Academic achievement in first generation college students. Popular concerns about the selfesteem movement reflect a lack of understanding about this complex construct and about research on positive psychology. Accordingly, definition is the first consideration in the assessment of selfconcept. Validation of construct interpretations find, read and cite all. Selfconcept is widely conceptualized as multidimensional shavelson et al. For example, people have different beliefs about physical, emotional, social and many other aspects of themselves. Construct validation of the selfdescription questionnaire ii with a french sample. The last dimension familial self is considered a typical selfesteem area of vietnamese adolescents. Using confirmatory factor analysis to evaluate construct.
A clients identity is assessed by asking the person to describe oneself. Doctoral dissertation, university of michigan, 1963 dissertation abstracts 1964 25 8154 university microfilms no. This description of oneself provides the nurse with insight into whether the client is comfortable with ones iden. Discriminant validity which is the extent to which a construct is truly distinct from. In an endeavour to cast some light on this confusion two studies were conducted with 1193 preadolescents using modified versions of two commonly used instruments designed to measure selfconcept and selfesteem. Self and identity usc dana and david dornsife college of. Teacher efficacy research 2 abstract founded in social cognitive theory, teachers selfefficacy beliefs have been repeatedly associated with positive teaching behaviors and student outcomes. Download paper international association for the evaluation of. In addition, future research is needed in which all scales of pspp and psdq are correlated with external criteria that specifically match to all the domains of physical selfconcept instruments. Harter s 2006 the development of self representations in. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that both these instruments measure specific facets of the same construct, namely selfconcept.
Selfconcept or selfesteem journal of psychologists and. The computerrelated selfconcept is a psychological construct that describes computerrelated experiences, interests, motivations, attitudes, and competencies. Research also suggests that each individual has a global or overall selfconcept that reflects how the individual evaluates his or her selfworth as a whole. Selfconcept is the nature and organization of beliefs about ones self.
What exactly is a selfconcept and how does it impact your. Read construct validity of selfconcept in timsss student background questionnaire. Schema model of the selfconcept the total selfconcept the schema model leads to a distinctly different definition of the selfconcept than is commonly encountered in the nursing literature. This scale may be a useful opportunity for psychologists, teachers.
In order to validate interpretations of test scores as measuring a construct. It is a psychometrically sound questionnaire, developed, and normed in spain, which is widely used with spanishspeaking samples. Selfconcept selfconcept selfconcept is an individuals perception of self and is what helps make each individual unique. Illinoiseric clearinghouse on early childhood educationeric document. Dyer, co construct validity of selfconcept by a multitraitmultimethod analysis. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between general selfconcept and healthrelated physical fitness in primary school children. Construct validity of selfconcept in timsss student. Chapter 15 selfconcept 317 identity identity is an individuals conscious description of who he is. We expected that childrens social competence, as measured by peer rejection, moderated.