ABSTRACT
The interrelationship between global self-esteem, domain-specific academic self-concept, and academic achievement is of high theoretical and practical importance. The National Association for Self-Esteem describes self-esteem in terms of experience and being. Psychologists, counselors, and educators use a range of terms to capture the elusive concept of self-esteem. The Self Description Questionnaire (SDI) is one such instrument, which measures 11 distinct self-concept domains, a clear departure from the unidimensional or global domain that for decades viewed self-concept as an all-inclusive construct. Enthusiasts raced ahead of research by implementing classroom practices and prepackaged programs on which research had not yet been conducted. The German social scientist Max Weber advanced a theory in the late nineteenth century of the relationship between Protestantism and success in capitalist ventures. The term academic self-confidence is probably self-defining. Increasingly it is a term that is found in recent scholarly publications.
