期刊名称:International Journal of Social Sciences and Education
印刷版ISSN:2227-393X
电子版ISSN:2223-4934
出版年度:2015
卷号:5
期号:1
出版社:Federal College of Education
摘要:This study investigated the possible correlation between three Selfs (self-concept, self-efficacy, self-esteem) andreading self-esteem. The participants of the study included 92 EFL learners (68 female, 24 male, Mage=30.06, agerange: 15-53) from Iran Language Institute in Tehran. In this study, the research made use of three questionersnamely Self-concept Attribute Attitude Scale (SaaS), Self-efficacy Questionnaire, and Self-esteem questionnaire toassess the relationship between different measures of self and reading comprehension score in term of students’score the reading part of the TOEFL test. Spearman correlation was applied to find the strength of the relationshipbetween the study variables. It was found that the relationship between self-concept and reading comprehensionscale (Spearman's rho=.65, Sig. =.01), and that of self-esteem and reading comprehension score (Spearman'srho=.35, Sig. =.01) was significant while the relationship between self-efficacy and reading comprehension scorewas not (Spearman's rho=.06, Sig. =.53). Overall, this study confirmed that the reading comprehension grades wereaffected strongly by students’ self-concept and self-esteem