Assessing self-concept in children: Variations across self-concept domains

Citation
S. Hymel et al., Assessing self-concept in children: Variations across self-concept domains, MERRILL-PAL, 45(4), 1999, pp. 602-623
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
MERRILL-PALMER QUARTERLY-JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0272930X → ACNP
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
602 - 623
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-930X(199910)45:4<602:ASICVA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Multidimensional models of self, emphasizing variations in self-perceptions across areas of one's life, have led to new, domain-specific self report m easures. Two of the most widely used multidimensional self-concept question naires were compared in Study 1 in a sample of 217 preadolescents. The two measures were highly correlated and comparable in reliability, stability, s ubscale interrelations, and associations with others' evaluations. In Study 2 a wider variety of self assessments (interviews, questionnaires, self-ra tings) across domains were compared in a sample of 161 preadolescents. Resu lts indicated that the correspondence among different self-assessment appro aches as well as between self and others' perceptions varied as a function of the domain tapped. The observed domain variation may relate to the type of information children use to evaluate their competencies across domains.