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Variations Among Individual Preschool Children in the Development of Self-Concept.
Barber, Lucie W.
The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard were developed to provide instruments for assessing the levels of development for individual children. It has been a consistent finding in three field tests of the Self-Regard Scales that age and scale points are related. However, it has also been a consistent finding that the range of scale points for any age is extensive. It is the purpose of this article to report the latest findings on range for the 1975 field test. Means and standard deviations are displayed for the mother ratings on each of the scales. Since there was only one two-year-old in the sample, essentially the data are averages for three-, four-, and five-year-old children. The results demonstrate that, although age and scale points are related for the total sample, there are individual children who vary. These results imply that children should be treated or taught not at some mythical age level but at their own level of development. (RC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Individual Differences, Mothers, Parents, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Rating Scales, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures, Statistical Analysis
Not Available Separately; See TM 005 639; Union College Character Research Project, 207 State St., Schenectady, New York 12305 ($1.00), Seven Scales of Self Regard for 10 persons $25.00, Manual $6.50
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