Comparison of scores in psychological measurement tools of 8th grade Iranian students from various income levels
The main objective of the present study was to compare the performance of school children that belong to high, medium and low family income in student’s psychological factors, namely: general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science a...
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my.upm.eprints.289542016-02-03T02:35:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28954/ Comparison of scores in psychological measurement tools of 8th grade Iranian students from various income levels Sahranavard, Maryam Hassan, Siti Aishah Elias, Habibah Abdullah, Maria Chong The main objective of the present study was to compare the performance of school children that belong to high, medium and low family income in student’s psychological factors, namely: general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science anxiety. The participants in the study consisted of 680 lower secondary school children, with 317 male and 363 female from Tehran and Shahriar City, the Province of Tehran, Iran. Five valid and reliable instruments were used, namely: Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, General Self-Efficacy questionnaire and Science Self-Efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and MANOVA were used to analyze the data. The result showed that there are significant differences between the three groups in science anxiety, self-esteem and self-efficacy (p < 0.01). Rushing Water Publishers Ltd 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28954/1/Comparison%20of%20scores%20in%20psychological%20measurement%20tools%20of%208th%20grade%20Iranian%20students%20from%20various%20income%20levels.pdf Sahranavard, Maryam and Hassan, Siti Aishah and Elias, Habibah and Abdullah, Maria Chong (2013) Comparison of scores in psychological measurement tools of 8th grade Iranian students from various income levels. Asia Life Science Journal, 22 (1). pp. 61-73. ISSN 0117-3375 http://www.journals.uplb.edu.ph/index.php/ALS/article/view/787 |
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The main objective of the present study was to compare the performance of school children that belong to high, medium and low family income in student’s psychological factors, namely: general self-concept, science self-concept, self-efficacy, science self-efficacy, self-esteem, anxiety and science anxiety. The participants in the study consisted of 680 lower secondary school children, with 317 male and 363 female from Tehran and Shahriar City, the Province of Tehran, Iran. Five valid and reliable instruments were used, namely: Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, General Self-Efficacy questionnaire and Science Self-Efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and MANOVA were used to analyze the data. The result showed that there are significant differences between the three groups in science anxiety, self-esteem and self-efficacy (p < 0.01). |
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Comparison of scores in psychological measurement tools of 8th grade Iranian students from various income levels |
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