title: Construct validity of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-concept Scale.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the construct validity of the Piers-Harris Children's Self-concept Scale with a group of 511 (264 girls, 247 boys aged 9 to 12 years) Greek children. Principal Components Analysis was performed. Six factors emerged, i.e., Behavior, Anxiety, Intellectual and School Status, Popularity, Physical Appearance and Attributes, and Self-contentment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Section of Psychology, University of Patras, Greece. dalexopl@ath.forthnet.gr
authors.forename: Demetrios S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Alexopoulos
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Foudoulaki
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept