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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Early Adolesc. 2013 Oct 28;34(5):638–666. doi: 10.1177/0272431613507498

Table 1.

Items from the Harter Self-Perception Profile for Children used to Identify Domains

Domains Selected Items
1. Scholastic Competence
Very good at their school work
As smart as other kids their age
Forget what they learn
Pretty slow in finishing their school works
2. Social Acceptance
Hard to make friends
Wish that more kids like them
Doing things with a lot of kids
Have a lot of friends
3. Athletic Competence
Do well just about any new outdoor activity
Do well all kinds of sports
Better than others their age at sports
Wish they could be a lot better at sports
4. Physical Appearance
Happy with the way I look
Wish their body was different
Attractive and good looking
Wish something about their face or hair looked different
5. Behavioral Conduct
Get in troubles because of things they do
Usually act the way they know they are supposed to
Very kind to others
They know they should not do
6. Global Self-Worth
Happy with themselves as a person
Get mad at them-self
Don’t like the way they are leading their life
Happy being the way they are