Objective:

This research sampled 375 university students belonging to two universities in Man izales during 2013-I in order to analyze self-concept, and the effects of discipline and professional training.

Method:

The AF5 self-concept questionnaire was used. For this purpose, variables were described and characterized in the performance of self-concept related to academic-labor, social, emotional, family and physical dimensions and compared and differentiated based on semesters, program and genre. A T test was applied for variance analysis (depending on the number of aver ages to compare) or the corresponding non-parametric tests.

Results:

It was found that men from the Philosophy program compared with the others from the evaluated programs, presented lower averages related to self-conception concerning academic, labor and social levels. Also when com paring a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences and History, History students showed evident lower averages. On the other hand, female students in the first semester Philosophy program showed evident differences in self-conception concerning academic-labor compared to female students in the Family Development program.

Conclusion:

Students will be considered above average in the existing scales for the testing, which makes evident the need to carry out standardization studies of the test for Colombian university population.

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