ERIC Number: EJ1025080
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1743-727X
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A Short German Version of the Self Description Questionnaire I: Theoretical and Empirical Comparability
Arens, A. Katrin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Craven, Rhonda G.; Hasselhorn, Marcus
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, v36 n4 p415-438 2013
This study aims to develop a short German version of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ I-GS) in order to present a robust economical instrument for measuring German preadolescents' multidimensional self-concept. A full German version of the SDQ I (SDQ I-G) that maintained the original structure and thus length of the English original SDQ I instrument (Marsh, Herbert W. 1990b. Self Description Questionnaire-I (SDQ I). Manual. Macarthur, NSW, Australia: University of Western Sydney.) served as a basis for empirically deriving the SDQ I-GS. Using a sample of German students in grades 3-6 ("N"?=?1958), the construct validity of the SDQ I-GS was tested by both a within-network approach using confirmatory factor analyses and a between-network approach examining the relations of self-concept to external validity criteria (academic achievement and self-concept factors of another instrument). Construct validity for both the full (SDQ I-G) and the short version (SDQ I-GS) was consistent. Hence, the SDQ I-GS was demonstrated as a shorter and yet psychometrically sound instrument for measuring the multiple facets of self-concept of German preadolescents. The production of an economical instrument may stimulate wider use of self-concept instruments to further advances in self-concept research and theory.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Length, Self Concept Measures, Preadolescents, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, German, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Correlation, Goodness of Fit
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Primary Education; Intermediate Grades; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Self Description Questionnaire
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