Abstract
A study was conducted to investigate the contributions of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale to the understanding of self-concept components. An Alpha Factor Analysis was employed to examine the independence of the instrument's subscales. Canonical correlations were used to investigate the independence of the Scale's "internal" and "external" profiles. It was concluded that one apparent General Factor accounted for the majority of explainable variance within the subscales. It was further concluded that the General Factor was best represented by the overall level of self-esteem. The implication was that as much information about self-concept can be obtained from the Total Score as can be extracted from the combined subscales.
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