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Autor/inn/en | Marsh, Herbert W.; und weitere |
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Titel | The Hierarchical Structure of Academic Self-Concept: The Marsh/Shavelson Model. |
Quelle | (1986), (20 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Academic Aptitude; Affective Measures; Correlation; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Foreign Countries; Goodness of Fit; High Schools; Models; Questionnaires; Research Methodology; Self Concept; Self Concept Measures; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Canada; Self Description Questionnaire |
Abstract | The purpose of the present investigation is to study the hierarchical structure of academic self-concept. The original Shavelson model posited specific facets of academic self-concept to define a single higher-order facet, but Marsh and Shavelson (1985) found the hierarchical structure to be more complicated. In a revised model they proposed that at least two higher-order academic facets--verbal/academic and math/academic--are required. In the present investigation approximately 1,000 Canadian high school students completed nine self-concept scales; the verbal, math, and school self-concept scales from three different instruments. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) provided support for all nine of these scales, and a hierarchical CFA was used to determine the number of higher-order factors needed to explain correlations among the nine first-order factors. The two higher-order academic factors posited by Marsh and Shavelson fit the data reasonably well and substantially better than the single higher-order factor proposed in the original Shavelson model. The math/academic and verbal/academic factors were nearly uncorrelated, and the contributions of scales from the three instruments to each higher-order factor were remarkably similar. In subsequent discussion the Marsh/Shavelson model was more clearly defined and directions for further research were examined. (Author/LMO) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |