Self‐Description Questionnaire for Preschoolers (SDQP)

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Instrument Overview

The SDQP was designed to assess two areas of academic self‐concept (Verbal and Math) and four areas of nonacademic self‐concept (Physical, Appearance, Peers, and Parents). for preschool children (preschool children do not clearly understand General self‐concept items; see also Harter & Pike, 1984) This measure is a downward extension of the SDQ–I (Marsh, Craven, & Debus, 1991), an excellent instrument in terms of psychometric properties and construct validation (see, e.g., Byrne, 1996).

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Organization

Student Well-Being Category

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Content

Keywords
Self‐Awareness
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
38 items were developed to represent six self‐concept scales on the SDQP. Scoring
follows from answers to probes as follows: (1) No always; (2) No sometimes; (3)
Yes sometimes; and (4) Yes always (see also Harter & Pike, 1984)

Access and Use

Setting
Classroom

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