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Psicologia em Revista

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Abstract

BARROS, Rita Manuela de Almeida  and  MOREIRA, J. António. Global Self-concept in higher education students: a comparative study between beginners and finalists. Psicol. rev. (Belo Horizonte) [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.2, pp. 232-249. ISSN 1677-1168.  http://dx.doi.org/DOI-10.5752/P.1678-9563.2013v19n2p232.

The present study is centered in the changing processes of self-concept in the period assigned as following-teenage years and is expressed in a comparative study of global self-concept levels, between beginners and finalists higher education students. Based on a quantitative methodology, our sample was composed by 552 individuals. To evaluate the global self-concept level, we used the Self Description Questionnaire III, adapted by Faria and Fontaine (1992) with Portuguese university students. We conclude that there doesn't exist significant differences between the two groups of students. These results can be understood from the experiences and anxieties lived by higher education students, both in the adaptation process to the academic context, in the case of beginners, or in anticipation of real difficulties in labor market integration, in the finalist's case

Keywords : Global self-concept; Higher education; Post adolescence.

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