The Nonsexist Personal Attribute Inventory for Children: A Report on its Validity and Reliability as a Self-Concept Scale

Abstract

Thirty-two words that were found to be nonsexist in nature according to the responses of 686 children, were derived from the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children. Half of the words are defined to be positive; the other half, negative. Together, they make up the Nonsexist Personal Attribute Inventory for Children. This inventory was administered along with the Piers-Harris scale to 297 fifth through eighth grade children. A correlation of .49 (p <.0001) was found between these two scales. Over a one month interval a test-retest correlation of .62 (p < .0001) was obtained for the Nonsexist Personal Attribute Inventory for Children (NPAIC), which was based on the responses of 272 of the previously mentioned initial sample of 297 children. It would appear that a relatively reliable and valid measure of a broad self-concept construct has been achieved that is essentially free of sex bias.

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