About the Measure
Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Self-regard; Social acceptance; Math ability; Verbal ability; Physical appearance; Physical ability; Social anxiety |
Description | Measures a range of self-concept facets. |
Example | Most of the time, do you genuinely like yourself? |
Link | http://swppr.org/about%20self-concept%20scales.html |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 45 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 15-18 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .69-.87 |
Test retest | 1 week, r= [.81,.98] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Chi-square(163)= 263.92 NFI= .95 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r= -.80 with Fenigstein Scheier and Buss Social Anxiety; r= .74 between Self-Regard and Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Fleming, J. S., & Whalen, D. J. (1990). The Personal and Academic Self-Concept Inventory: Factor structure and gender differences in high school and college samples. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 50(4), 957–967. doi:10.1177/0013164490504025 |