Item Instability on the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale for Academic Underachievers with High, Middle and Low Self-Concepts: Implications for Construct Validity.

Smith, Monte D.; Rogers, Carl M.

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Publication Date: 1977

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Item Instability on the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale for Academic Underachievers with High, Middle and Low Self-Concepts: Implications for Construct Validity

Smith, Monte D.; Rogers, Carl M.

Educational and Psychological Measurement, 37, 2, 553-8, Sum 77

Test-retest item instability indices for low, middle, and high scores on the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale were calculated in order to test the hypothesis that low scores are invalid because of unreliability of responding. The hypothesis was not supported. (Author/JKS)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Item Analysis, Response Style (Tests), Self Concept Measures, Self Evaluation, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Underachievement

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Piers Harris Childrens Self Concept Scale

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