A Comparative Study on the Self -Concepts of the Public and the Private Primary School Students

일부 공립 국민학교 학생과 사립 국민학교 학생의 자아개념에 대한 비교연구

The purpose of this study is to define the difference in the self-concepts between the public and the private primary school students. The data were collected from March 16 to 20 in 1994. The objects of this study are the 5th graded primary school students, total 193, from the public (94 students) and private (99 students) schools located in Chong Ju city. The tool used for this study is SDQ (Self Description Questionnaire). The SDQ is a multidimensional instrument designed to measure seven aspects self-concept hypothesized in Shavelson's hierarchical model. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test, t-test and 2-way ANOVA. The results of the study are as follows: 1. Between the public students and the private students there were no significant differences in the self-concept. 2. 2-way ANOVA using sex (male vs. female) and type of school (public vs. private) were performed. The boys had substantially higher self-concepts in physical ability and the nonacademic self concept. The girls tended to have higher self-concepts for the academic factors (except for Mathematies). 3. 2-way ANOVA using social stratification (upper vs. lower) and type of school (public vs. private) were performed. The upper classes tended to have higher self-concept for the academic factors. The social stratification and sample interactions were statistically no significant.