Development of a Self-evaluation Scale to Measure Self-concept for Children and Adolescents.
10.12934/jkpmhn.2012.21.4.292
- Author:
Kyung Mi SUNG
1
Author Information
1. College of Nursing & Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea. sung@gnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Self-evaluation;
Self-concept;
Children;
Adolescents;
Methodology research
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Child;
Depression;
Diagnostic Self Evaluation;
Humans;
Reproducibility of Results
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2012;21(4):292-302
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring self-concept for children and adolescents in a self-evaluation form. METHODS: The participants consisted of elementary and middle school students selected from five schools in urban areas (n=2,407). The scale developmental processes included construction of a conceptual framework, development of preliminary items, verification of content validity and reliability, and concurrent validity of final items. RESULTS: There were no items deleting and resulting 80 final items including 4 subscales: Physical self-concept (20 items); Emotional self-concept (20); Social self-concept (20); and Academic self-concept (20). The internal consistency was acceptable (Cronbach's alpha=.97). The scale classification provides a description of self-concept degree from very positive to very negative. In this study, self-concept was significantly correlated with depression (-0.77< or =r< or =-0.51, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results of this study will be useful not only for measuring self-concept of Korean children and adolescents but also for understanding their self-concept development. However, repeated research is needed for further validity and reliability tests of this measurement tool.
