As repeated measures in self-concept research are subject to factors which may confound data, an alternate form for a self-concept inventory was developed for college students. Correlations between the original and alternate items administered under two conditions were .87 and .88, for the achievement-related subscale r = .85. The findings demonstrate the suitability of the selected items as alternate forms for achievement-related and total self-concept.
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