Date of Award
12-1-1977
Thesis Type
undergraduates
Document Type
Thesis
Divisions
antro
Department
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Institution
University of Malaya
Abstract
This study investigates the relationships of the cognitive and the affective components of self concept with three variables namely, sex, race, and academic level, and their interactions. Academic Self Concept, the cognitive component, was measured by the Brookover Self Concept of Ability Scale while Self Esteem and its five subscales, the affective component, was measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale. The sample consisted of 120 subjects which was equally divided into University and Sixth form groups. Each of these was further divided into groups of Malays and Chinese, each of which was in turn subdivided into groups of males and females. Tha findings included the following:- (a) No significant sex differences were found in any of the components of the Self Concept studied. (b) Significant race differences in Social Self ware found for the Sample with the Chinese scoring higher than the Malays. (c) Significant race differences in Academic Self Concept were found far the Sixth formers only, with the Chinese scoring higher than the Malays. (d) Significant academic level difference in family Self were found for tho Sample with the University group scoring higher then the Sixth formers. (e) Sex and race interacted significantly to affect scores in Physical Self for the Sixth formers only.
Note
Academic Exercise (Bachelor’s Degree) – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, 1977.
Recommended Citation
Wong, Lai Sum, "The self concept of sixth form and first year university students / Wong Lai Sum" (1977). Pre-2000 Student Works. 460.
https://knova.um.edu.my/student_works_pre2000/460