Measures of Self-Perception as Predictors of Scholastic Achievement

Abstract

Certain nonintellectual variables recently have been developed and have proven to have meaningful relationships to academic achievement. These instruments were administered to 411 girls and 466 boys, all of whom were members of the 1967 Sophomore Class at the University of Texas, Austin. The nonintellectual measures employed were the Identity Rating Scale, Self-Concept of Ability, and Self-Expectations. These, along with a measure of scholastic aptitude, were used to predict scholastic achievement. All variables were positively associated with achievement and all, with the exception of self expectation and scholastic aptitude were positively associated with each other. It was inferred that, at this developmental period, self-perception appears to be the most accurate predictor of academic achievement.