| Abstract | 第1-11页 |
| List of tables and figures | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter1: Introduction | 第12-18页 |
| ·Research orientation | 第12-14页 |
| ·Motivation of the present study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Overview of the thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter2: Literature Review | 第18-37页 |
| ·Overview | 第18页 |
| ·Theoretical perspectives on self-concept construct | 第18-23页 |
| ·William James's theory of self-concept | 第18-19页 |
| ·The theoretical definition of self-concept | 第19-21页 |
| ·The measurement of multifaceted hierarchical self-concept | 第21-22页 |
| ·Self-concept and other self terms | 第22-23页 |
| ·Research on self-concept | 第23-26页 |
| ·Relations between specific and global components of self-concept | 第23-24页 |
| ·Age/Gender differences in self-concept | 第24-25页 |
| ·Effects of gender on self-concept | 第25-26页 |
| ·Research on academic self-concept | 第26-33页 |
| ·Definition of academic self-concept | 第27-28页 |
| ·Sources of academic self-concept | 第28-31页 |
| ·The reciprocal relations between academic achievement and academic self-concept | 第28-29页 |
| ·Frame-of-reference effects on academic self-concept | 第29-30页 |
| ·Effects of evaluations by the significant others | 第30-31页 |
| ·Structure of academic self-concept | 第31-33页 |
| ·Multidimensionality of academic self-concept | 第31页 |
| ·The hierarchical nature of academic self-concept | 第31-33页 |
| ·The measurement of multidimensional academic self-concept | 第33页 |
| ·Recent research on domain-specific self-concept | 第33-35页 |
| ·Multidimensional and hierarchical physical self-concept | 第33-34页 |
| ·Multidimensional and hierarchical English self-concept in the EFL context | 第34-35页 |
| ·Summary | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter3: The Study | 第37-54页 |
| ·Overview | 第37页 |
| ·Research questions and hypotheses | 第37-39页 |
| ·The conceptual framework of the present study | 第39-40页 |
| ·Research design | 第40-41页 |
| ·Subjects | 第41-42页 |
| ·Instrumentation | 第42-50页 |
| ·The structure of the English Self-Concept Questionnaire | 第42-44页 |
| ·The development of the English Self-Concept Questionnaire | 第44-50页 |
| ·The open-ended questionnaire survey | 第45页 |
| ·Construction of the English Self-Concept Questionnaire | 第45-47页 |
| ·The pilot study | 第47-48页 |
| ·Formation of the final questionnaire | 第48-50页 |
| ·Procedure for data collections and statistical analyses | 第50-53页 |
| ·Procedure for data collection | 第50页 |
| ·Use of Confirmatory Factor Analysis in self-concept research | 第50-51页 |
| ·Statistical Analyses | 第51-53页 |
| ·Summary | 第53-54页 |
| Chapter4: Results | 第54-71页 |
| ·Overview | 第54页 |
| ·Multidimensional and hierarchical English self-concept | 第54-63页 |
| ·Reliability estimates for the questionnaire | 第54-55页 |
| ·Criterion validity of the questionnaire | 第55-56页 |
| ·EFA solutions | 第56-57页 |
| ·CFA solutions | 第57-63页 |
| ·Means and standard deviations of English self-concept variables | 第63-64页 |
| ·Relations between specific and global components of English self-concept | 第64-66页 |
| ·Grade-level and gender differences in English self-concept | 第66-71页 |
| Chapter5: Discussion and Conclusion | 第71-83页 |
| ·Overview | 第71页 |
| ·Major findings of the present study | 第71-80页 |
| ·The multidimensional and hierarchical English self-concept of Chinese college English majors | 第72-74页 |
| ·Relations between specific and global components of English self-concept | 第74-75页 |
| ·Gender and grade-level differences in English self-concept of Chinese college English majors | 第75-80页 |
| ·The implications of the present study | 第80-81页 |
| ·Limitations and suggestions for future research | 第81-83页 |
| References | 第83-90页 |
| Appendix A The English Self-Concept Questionnaire | 第90-92页 |
| Appendix B Item-total Correlations for the Seven Categories of the English Self-Concept Questionnaire | 第92页 |
