Self-esteem in girls attending single-sex versus coeducational private high schools. 1975.

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Ross, Margaret C. Self-esteem in girls attending single-sex versus coeducational private high schools.

Self-esteem in girls attending single-sex versus coeducational private high schools. 1975.

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These data were collected in order to examine self-esteem in 11th grade high school girls attending single-sex versus coeducational private schools in a large northeastern city. A total of 50 students were tested: 32 in the single-sex school and 18 in the coeducational school. The participants were 16 or 17 years old and of mostly upper-middle socioeconomic level. Data were collected by the researcher, who administered the instruments in an 11th grade classroom in the fall of 1975. The package of instruments used consisted of four verbal Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) cues; the "Who am I?" test, which elicits 10 different open-ended responses to that question; "The Way I Am" and "The Way I Would Like to Be" scales, which are modified Q-sort descriptions of self and ideal self; and finally, a one-page general information questionnaire consisting of short answer questions about age, family, education, and extracurricular activities. The Murray Center has all the raw data and some of the researcher's notes.

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Harvard University, Murray Research Center