This study explores the importance of reflected appraisal, social comparison and self-attribution as sources of "academic" self-esteem among ethnic minority children. Turkish children in The Netherlands scored significantly lower on a standardized test of Dutch language command but did not have lower academic self-esteem in comparison with Dutch classmates. Self-attributed performance was the only important source of self-esteem among the Dutch. It was also an important source among the Turkish children in addition, however, to the perceived appraisal of Dutch classmates. These results indicate that to understand the level of self-esteem among different groups it seems necessary to concentrate on the processes of self-esteem formation and the way they operate in these groups. It is suggested that minority position and culture can affect the importance attached to different sources of selfesteem.L'Ctude explore l'importance de I'evaluation reflechie, de la comparaison sociale et de I'auto-attribution comme sources du concept de soi au niveau intellectuel parmi des enfants de minorites ethniques. Les enfants turcs etudies aux Pays-Bas avaient des rksultats relativement pauvres en langue (neerlandais), mais ils n'avaient pas un concept de soi intellectuel plus bas que les enfants neerlandais dans leurs classes. La performance auto-attribuee etait la seule source du concept de soi parmi les eleves neerlandais. La m&me source etait importante pour les enfants turcs, mais il y en avait une autre: la perception de l'evaluation de la part de leurs co-eleves neerlandais. Ces resultats indiquent que, pour comprendre le niveau du concept de soi parmi des groupes differents, il semble necessaire de se concentrer sur les processus de formation du concept de soi, et la maniere dont ceux-ci fonctionnent dans ces groupes. L'auteur suggere que, tant la position sociale des differents groupes ethniques que leurs cultures, ont un impact sur l'importance donnee aux differentes sources du concept de soi.Requests for reprints should be sent to Maykel Verkuyten,