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Longitudinal Study of Preadolescent Sport Self-Concept and Performance: Reciprocal Effects and Causal Ordering
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Gerlach, Erin; Trautwein, Ulrich; Ludtke, Oliver; Brettschneider, Wolf-Dietrich – Child Development, 2007
Do preadolescent sport self-concepts influence subsequent sport performance? Longitudinal data (Grades 3, 4, and 6) for young boys and girls (N = 1,135; mean age = 9.67) were used to test reciprocal effects model (REM) predictions that sport self-concept is both a cause and a consequence of sport accomplishments. Controlling prior sport…
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Adolescents, Grade 6, Grade 4
Self-Concept: Reliability, Stability, Dimensionality, Validity, and the Measurement of Change.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Test-retest data (six-month interval) collected on preadolescent student self-concepts, teachers' ratings of student self-concepts, and academic ability provided strong support for the construct validity of self-concept. The multiple dimensions of self-concept showed a logical and consistent pattern of relationships with a variety of criteria.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Preadolescents
Self-Other Agreement on Multiple Dimensions of Preadolescent Self-Concept: Inferences by Teachers, Mothers, and Fathers.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
Agreement between multidimensional self-concept ratings by preadolescents and inferred self-concept ratings by teachers and parents was studied for 188 Australian children in grades 3 through 6. Children and significant others completed the Self-Description Questionnaire I. The degree of self-other agreement is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Father Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Age and Sex Effects in Multiple Dimensions of Self-Concept: Preadolescence to Early Adulthood.
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Marsh, Herbert W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
This analysis of 12,266 responses to the 3 Self-Description Questionnaires (which measure dimensions of self-concept in preadolescence) examined age and sex effects during preadolescence and early adulthood and alternative operationalizations of the proposition that self-concept becomes more differentiated with age. Well-defined factor structures…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Testing
Multidimensional Self-Concept Structure for Preadolescents with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: A Hybrid Multigroup?MIMC Approach to Factorial Invariance and Latent Mean Differences
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Tracey, Danielle K.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Confirmatory factor analysis of responses by 211 preadolescents (M age = 10.25 years,SD = 1.48) with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) to the individually administered Self Description Questionnaire I-Individual Administration (SDQI-IA) counters widely cited claims that these children cannot differentiate multiple self-concept factors. Results…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Self Concept, Preadolescents, Mild Mental Retardation
Multidimensional Self-Concepts: Construct Validation of Responses by Children.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Holmes, Iain W. MacDonald – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
The construct validity of 290 preadolescent children's responses to 3 instruments claiming to measure dimensions of self-concept was studied. Instruments administered to the fifth graders include the Self-Description Questionnaire; the Perceived Competence Scale; and the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scales. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Construct Validity, Elementary School Students, Grade 5