Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in Self-Concept: A Meta-Analysis of the Self- Description Questionnaire-1  

Oleh:

Norlander, Torsten ; Wästlund, Erik ; Archer, Trevor

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 35 no. 3 (Aug. 2001), page 280-302.
Fulltext: 280CCR353.pdf (96.32KB)

Isi artikel

This meta-analytic approach, designed to explore the cross-cultural differences in levels of self-concept as measured by the Self-Description Questionnaire, yielded two main results. (a) There seems to be a general pattern in self-concept amongst schoolchildren from the three cultural groups included in this investigation (i.e., Asia, Africa, and Australia/United States). Girls have higher or equal means in most academic areas and boys are higher in nonacademic and total self-concept. Furthermore, (b) in the comparison between these cultural groups a pattern emerged whereby the children from Africa, generally, had the most positive self-concept, the children from Asia had the least positive self-concept in the nonacademic

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali