Identification of self-verification in the formation of children's academic self-concept

From a self-verification perspective, individuals strive to maintain a cons istent self-concept, even if that self-concept is negative. However, most o f the research has involved adults and social relationships. In contrast, t his study evaluated whether self-verification was also present with childre n and in the formation of academic self-concept. This was done with a sampl e of preadolescent students with low and high reading and mathematics perfo rmance. There was support for the self-verification notion that individuals with low achievement in one academic domain reduce their self-concept in a nother.