Ethnic and Sex Differences in Self-Esteem of Preschool Children

Samuels, Douglas D.; Griffore, Robert J.

doi:10.1080/00221325.1979.10533414

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“…Previous research with African-American children has portrayed them as having difficulties in academic achievement, behavior problems, low self-esteem, and lack of direction (for example, Clark and Clark, 1939;Coles, 1976;Noland, 1972). However, more studies have indicated that African-American children do not have low self-esteem/self-concept in comparison with their Western European counterparts (for example, Hines and Berg-Cross, 1981;Samuels and Griffore, 1979;Stevenson, Chen, and Uttal, 1990). Research has also indicated that AfricanAmerican children tend to do better in school if the teachers were more direct and told them what to do.…”

Section: African-american Childrenmentioning

confidence: 90%

Comparison of perception of self‐competence among five ethnic groups of preschoolers in the US

Jambunathan

Burts

2003

Early Child Development and Care

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This study compared the perception of self-competence of immigrant Asian-American, Asian-Indian, Hispanic, native European-American, and African-American preschoolers. Self-competence is defined by Harter as the "feeling of confidence in achieving certain tasks". The development of self-competence emerges gradually as children acquire greater physical, self-help, social, and cognitive skills and become aware of their own abilities. Preschoolers (n = 205) between the ages of 3 and 5 years participated in the study. The children's perception of self-competence was measured using the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children. Analyses of variance were conducted to compare the selfcompetence scores of the children by their ethnic origin (race × self-competence scores). Results indicated cultural variations in the perception of self-competence among the preschoolers: cognitive competence, F(5, 199) = 5.96, p Ͻ 0.0001; peer acceptance, F(5, 199) = 11.301, p Ͻ 0.0001; physical competence, F(5, 199) = 6.816, p Ͻ 0.0001; and maternal acceptance, F(5, 199) = 2.553, p Ͻ 0.05. Post-hoc analysis indicated that, compared with European-American, African-American, and Asian-Indian children, Hispanic children had lower cognitive competence, physical competence, and peer acceptance.

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Section: African-american Childrenmentioning

confidence: 90%

Comparison of perception of self‐competence among five ethnic groups of preschoolers in the US

Jambunathan

Burts

2003

Early Child Development and Care

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“…The correlation between the composite teacher rating scores and the PSCS scores was .41 (p=.oi). Samuels and Griffore (1979), however, found a lower correlation between the PSCS and the teachers' ratings of 72 children on Coopersmith's Behavior Rating Form (r = . 187, p < .058).…”

Section: Previous Efforts To Develop a Preschool Self-concept Scalementioning

confidence: 79%

“…Although research evidence concerning the impact of family structure on children's self-concepts is inconsistent, the weight of the evidence indicates that a single-parent family structure alone will not adversely affect a young child's self-concept (Biller, 1970;Crossman and Adams, 1980;Pedersen, Rubenstein and Yarrow, 1979;Wallerstein and Kelly, 1975). Likewise, a gender differences probably have little impact on the overall positiveness of young children's self-concepts (Maccoby and Jacklin, 1974;Samuels and Griffore, 1979). Nevertheless, specific differences in the pattern of self concept development for preschool boys and girls have been reported (Flammer, 1971;Keller, Ford and Meacham, 1978;Kohn and Rosman, 1972).…”

Section: Defining Self-conceptmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Most studies of the impact of ethnicity on overall self-concept have found no differences for diverse ethnic groups (Boger and Knight, 1969;Cicirelli, 1974;Samuels and Griffore, 1979;Walker, Bane and Bryk, 1973). An exception is Long and Henderson's (1970) study in which white children obtained higher self-concept scores than black children.…”

Section: Defining Self-conceptmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The test-retest reliability coefficient for a two-week period was .70. Cicirelli (1974) and Samuels and Griffore (1979) established that the measure is not biased for either sex or ethnicity. But, Cicirelli found a low, significant correlation between SES level and PSCS scores (r = .24).…”

Section: Previous Efforts To Develop a Preschool Self-concept Scalementioning

confidence: 98%

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Development of a preschool self‐concept scale

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1985

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Self-Concept: A comparison of Native American and Anglo preschoolers

Bruneau

1985

Psychol. Schs.

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This study compared the scores of Native American and Anglo American preschoolers on the Primary Self-concept Inventory, a self-report measure of self-concept. Fiftyeight preschoolers between the ages of 4-0 and 5-11 participated. Analysis of the variance revealed no overall significant difference between self-concept scores; however, mean scores on the variable of Personal-Self were significantly higher for Native American preschoolers. Lack of overall difference might have been attributable to similar educational, regional, and socioeconomic factors.

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Ethnic and Sex Differences in Self-Esteem of Preschool Children

Cited by 14 publications

References 4 publications

Comparison of perception of self‐competence among five ethnic groups of preschoolers in the US

Comparison of perception of self‐competence among five ethnic groups of preschoolers in the US

Development of a preschool self‐concept scale

Self-Concept: A comparison of Native American and Anglo preschoolers

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