Personality and self-concept according to the cultural background of primary education students

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Published: Nov 4, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v3.998
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personality self-concept cultural background

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Mohamed Al-Lal Mohand
CEIP Pedro de Estopiñán, Melilla, España
Lucía Herrera Torres
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Universidad de Granada, Melilla, España
Laila Mohamed Mohand
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación. Universidad de Granada, Melilla, España

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This work aims to analyze the personality and self-concept of Primary Education students according to their cultural background. For this purpose, 422 students from Primary Education (46.9% boys and 53.1% girls) participated in the study, which were studied fifth (n = 204) and sixth year (n = 218). The instruments used were the Test of Self-Concept Form 5 (AF-5) and the Short Form Big Five Questionnaire for Children (S-BFQ-C). The results showed differences in AF-5 by cultural brackground. Thus, the children of Amazigh cultural background scored higher in the physical self-concept than those of European cultural origin. No differences in the different personality factors were found agree with that variable.

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Al-Lal Mohand, M., Herrera Torres, L., & Mohamed Mohand, L. (2017). Personality and self-concept according to the cultural background of primary education students. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 3(1), 295–304. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2017.n1.v3.998
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): MONOGRAPH NO. 2. PSYCHOLOGY TODAY: CHALLENGES, ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE FUTURE. CHILD PSYCHOLOGY.
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