+The Personal and Academic and Self-Concept Inventory
Fleming, & Whalen (1990)
Topic: Self-Evaluations - Academic Self-Concept
Description of Measure:
The Personal and Academic and Self-Concept Inventory measure global, social, physical, and academic components of self-concept, as well as social anxiety, and it is made up of seven subscales, which are listed below.
Instructions:
For each of the following items, please respond to as many words as you’d like.
Items:
- Self-Regard (e.g., “Most of the time, do you genuinely like yourself?”);
- Social Acceptance (e.g., “How often do you feel concerned about what other people think of you?”);
- Math Ability (e.g., “Do you often think of yourself as good at mathematical problems?”);
- Verbal Ability (e.g., “Have you ever thought that you had a greater ability to read and absorb articles and textbooks than most people?”);
- Physical Appearance (e.g., “Do you often wish or fantasize that you were better looking?”);
- Physical Ability (e.g., “Do you ever think of yourself as more athletic than most people?”);
- Social Anxiety (e.g., “How often are you troubled with shyness?”).
Citation:
Fleming, J. S., & Whalen, D. J. (1990). The Personal and Academic Self-Concept Inventory: Factor Structure and Gender Differences in High School and College Samples. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 50(4), 957–967. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164490504025 Links to an external site..
Link to PDF: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0013164490504025 Links to an external site.