Cairns E
Psychology Department, University of Ulster, Coleraine, N. Ireland.
Br J Educ Psychol. 1990 Jun;60 ( Pt 2):207-11. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1990.tb00937.x.
The study examined young people's self-esteem measured using a multidimensional measure of self-esteem, Harter's Perceived Competence Scale, as well as a measure of locus of control, in relation to the type of school they attended--single-sex or co-educational. A sample of students (N = 2295) from both academic and less academic schools was employed. The results indicated that among children (N = 577) attending the more academic grammar schools only, those who attended single-sex schools had higher levels of academic self-esteem and were more inner oriented in terms of locus of control. There were no differential sex effects, however. Additional analyses suggested that this effect was not likely to be due to selection in terms of socio-economic status.
该研究使用多维自尊测量方法——哈特的感知能力量表以及控制点测量方法，考察了年轻人的自尊水平，同时研究了他们所就读学校的类型（单性别学校或男女同校）与自尊水平的关系。研究采用了来自学术水平较高和较低学校的学生样本（N = 2295）。结果表明，在仅就读于学术水平较高的文法学校的儿童（N = 577）中，就读单性别学校的学生具有更高的学业自尊水平，并且在控制点方面更倾向于内控型。然而，不存在性别差异效应。进一步的分析表明，这种效应不太可能是由于社会经济地位的选择因素导致的。
