THE SELF-CONCEPT IN MEXICAN AND SPANISH C HILDREN

The present study was based on a sample of 63 Mexican and 100 Spanish subjects of both sexes, of 11 to 13 years old, with the purpose of com paring their mental structure of the self-concept. The self-concept qu estionnaire of Valdez-Medina and Reyes-Lagunes (1993) was used, adapti ng it for the Spanish sample, which demonstrated good results. By mean s of factor analysis with varimax rotation, differences in the structu re and the content of the self-concept of both samples were found, as an effect of culture. Thus, it was ratified that the Mexican subjects tend to perceive themselves as more obedient-affiliative and respectfu l of norms, while the Spanish ones seen to be more rebellious-self-aff irmative and assertive.