The structure of self-concept: Some Filipino evidence

Abstract

This paper examines the appropriateness for Filipino students of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ; Marsh 1986) and the Shavelson model of self-concept on which it is based. The Filipino concept of self is first considered. Then the results of an administration of the SDQ to 194 Manila public high-school students are reported. The item-total correlations and reliability coefficients obtained were encouraging. Factor analysis generally supported both the specific facets of the SDQ and the existence of an underlying general self-concept factor. The findings generally were in accord with the validity of both the SDQ and the Shavelson model of self-concept for Filipino subjects.