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EJ312468 PS513121
Title: The Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children.
Author(s): Harter, Susan; Pike, Robin
Source: Child Development, v55 n6 p1969-82 Dec 1984
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1985
Target Audience: Researchers
Describes two versions of a new pictorial scale of perceived competence
and social acceptance, a downward extension of the Perceived Competence
Scale for Children. Both versions, one for preschoolers/kindergarteners
and one for first/second graders, tap four domains: cognitive competence,
physical competence, peer acceptance, and maternal acceptance. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: *Children; Cognitive Ability; *Competence; Mothers;
Parent Child Relationship; Peer Acceptance; Physical Characteristics;
*Preschool Children; *Self Concept Measures; *Self Evaluation (Individuals)
Identifiers: *Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance
Scale; Perceived Competence Scale for Children; *Social Acceptance

