Date of Award

Summer 1989

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Elaine M. Justice

Committee Member

Michelle L. Kelley

Committee Member

Janis Sanchez-Hucles

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65L53

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between self-concept, self-esteem, demographic information, and racial preference to achievement in minority preschool children. The subjects were 56 minority preschool students from a Head Start program in Newport News, Virginia. The subjects were assessed using four different instruments. The instruments were the Joseph Preschool & Primary Self- Concept Screening Test (JPPSST), the Behavioral Academic Self-Esteem Test (BASE), the Preschool Racial Attitudes Measure (PRAM), and the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery. The JPPSST, PRAM, and Woodcock-Johnson were administered to the subjects by an examiner. The Woodcock-Johnson assessed achievement in two separate areas: knowledge cluster scores and skills cluster scores. The BASE was completed by the subjects' teachers.

Results indicated significant relations between self-concept, self-esteem, racial preference, demographic information, and achievement in minority preschool children.

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DOI

10.25777/qdtx-0m43

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