Self-Concept of Middle School Students from the Han,Qiang and Yi Nationalities

Objective To study the characteristics of Self-concept of middle school students from different nationalities.Methods 900 middle school students from the Han,Qiang and Yi nationalities were assessed with Tennessee Self-concept Scale.Results Interaction is detected between students' nationality and academic achievements in terms of their scores of total self-concept scale and the five dimensions of physical self,moral self,psychological self,self-satisfaction and self-action.Except for in the dimension of Self-criticism,the Han students achieved a significantly higher score than the Qiang students(P0.05) in terms of their moral self,social self,self identity,and self satisfaction;and the Yi students gave a significantly better performance in scores concerning their total score of self concept,physical self,psychological self,family self and self-action(P0.05),while they did less well in term of their score concerning the self criticism(P0.05).Girl students did significantly better than boys in their scores concerning the five dimensions of moral Self,Social Self,self identity,self-satisfaction and self-action.Students with a better academic performance score significantly higher than those academically poorer students(P0.05).Conclusion There exist significant differences in terms of students' Self-concept in respects like their nationalities,gender and academic achievements.