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    Enhancing self-concept in an educational setting: the effect of an educational program
    Harvey, Jacqueline Kim ( 2007)
    The new Victorian Essential Learning Standards includes a teaching and learning wellbeing strand. As a result schools are now required to choose programs that develop student wellbeing. Many programs are available, however not all aim to develop self-concept, the core of student wellbeing, nor do they possess the nine program qualities identified by Nation et al. (2003), as effective in supporting student wellbeing. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the You Can Do It! Education program (YCDI Education program). Methodologies of previous studies identified as bringing about positive changes in self-concept, and the related self-constructs of self-attributions and self-talk were employed in this study. During a year-long investigation one primary school implemented the YCDI Education program, and a second school acted as a comparison school. Seventy-five students drawn from Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 classes participated. Data was collected at the beginning and end of the 2005 school year. The Self-Description Questionnaire-I was used to measure various aspects of self-concept. The Modified Sydney Attribution Scale was used to measure various aspects of self-attributions, and positive and negative self-talk was measured using The Self-Talk Inventory.