title: Self-concept correlates between at-risk and not-at-risk ninth-grade students.
abstract: This study examined whether the Tennessee Self-concept Scales could be used to discriminate among 43 ninth-grade students who were designated as being at risk of dropping out of high school and 47 students who were thought to show probability of persisting. Scores on the scales were submitted to stepwise multivariate discriminant analysis. Scores on the Self-satisfaction Scale constituted a linear function that correctly classified 72.22% of the subjects. Further investigation confirmed a 13-item scale selected from the Tennessee Self-concept Scales correctly identified the classification of 76.67% of the students.
authors.affiliation: Department of Student Development Programs, College of Education, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460-8131, USA.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Reddick
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Dubes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology*; D013781:Texas