Where is the hierarchy of academic self-concept?

The hierarchy of academic self-concept (SC) was examined in 4 studies. In S tudy 1, a higher order artistic SC factor represented teacher education stu dents' (N = 298) SCs in 4 art areas. In Study 2, high school students' (N = 197) perceptions in speaking, reading, and writing in English and in langu age other than English formed 2 distinct higher order factors showing the d omain specificity of their SCs in respective language areas. In Study 3, un iversity students' (N = 309) SCs in speaking, reading, and writing English as a second language formed a higher order English SC factor that was not d istinguishable from an independent global English SC measure. In Study 4, r esponses of students in a school of commerce (N = 211) to SC items in accou nting, math, economics, English, and Chinese formed a higher order factor t hat was not distinguishable from a global academic SC measure.