Year
1975
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Education and Human Services
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Dr. Janice Wood
Second Advisor
Dr. Elinor Scheirer
Third Advisor
Dr. James Mittelstadt
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Lynn Schwab
Abstract
The fundamental question proposed in this study was: can treatment, in the form of prescribed teacher behavior, classroom atmosphere and experiences affect a positive change in the growth and development of the young child's self-concept. The secondary area questioned the extent to which the parent's self-concept score correlates to that of the child.
Based upon the assumption that adult and child self -concept can be measured, the I See Me Scale was constructed and utilized with children as a pre- and postassessment and the How I See Myself Scale was used to measure parent self -concept. Thus, it was hypothesized that: 1) there will be no statistically significant difference between the mean gain scores of the two groups of children after treatment; and 2) that there will be no statistically significant correlation between parent and child self-concept scores.
Suggested Citation
Finley, Julie Hofheimer and McPherson, Geraldine Pryor, "The Young Child's Self-Concept: Factors which Influence Positive Development" (1975). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 652.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/652