Reliability and validity of self-concept scores in secondary school students in Trinidad and Tobago

被引:3
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作者
Worrell, Frank C. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Watkins, Marley W. [4 ]
Hall, Tracey E. [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Psychol Program, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Acad Talent Dev Program, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Calif Coll Preparatory Acad, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[4] Arizona State Univ, Sch Psychol Program, Mary Lou Fulton Coll Educ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[5] Ctr Appl Special Technol, Wakefield, MA 01880 USA
关键词
reliability; secondary school; self-concept; Trinidad and Tobago; validity;
D O I
10.1177/0143034308096435
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
In this study we examined the reliability and validity of global, mathematics and English self-concept scores from the Self-Description Questionnaire II (SDQ-II, Marsh, 1990b) in a random sample of 870 secondary school students in Trinidad and Tobago. The results provided strong evidence for the structural validity of the scores and yielded reliability estimates in the moderate to high range. There were no differences across gender and ethnic subgroups and a single grade level difference was found. The authors concluded that SDQ-II scores are useful for screening purposes, and in some cases individual decision making, in this population and recommended that the scores be examined for convergent and discriminant validity.
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页码:466 / 480
页数:15
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