The 35-item Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (SPPA; Harter, 1988) was used to measure adolescents' evaluation of their competence in the following domains: scholastic competence, social acceptance, athletic competence, physical appearance, romantic appeal, close friendship, and global self-worth.
The 45-item Self Perception Profile for Adolescents was used to assess perceived mean competence in eight domains (scholastic, social acceptance, athletic, physical appearance, job, romantic appeal, close friendship, and behavioral conduct) as well as global self-worth (scoring: 1 = low; 4 = high) [ 30].
For older children (children in grade 3 and above at baseline), perceived competence is assessed using the Self-Perception Profile for Children [ 24], which measures six domains of perceived competence (athletic, scholastic, physical, social, behavioural, and global).
There was a general belief among medieval scholastics that Aristotelian logic exemplified natural reason at its best and was universally applicable to all domains because its rules held through formal relation to the principle of non-contradiction.
Also in the SUNBEAM study, where all 5 CHIP-CE domains differentiated between the atomoxetine and SCT groups, only one of the 6 domains of the Harter scale, "scholastic competence" succeeded to differentiate between the groups.
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