THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF BEM AND ALLEN'S MEASURE OF CROSS-SITUATIONAL CONSISTENCY
- 31 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Journal Publishers Ltd in Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal
- Vol. 10 (2) , 241-244
- https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1982.10.2.241
Abstract
The reliability and validity of Bem and Allen's technique of measuring cross-situational consistency was investigated. Subjects answered questions concerning consistency in academic behavior and general consistency and filled out Snyder's Self-monitoring Scale twice. Whereas the test-retest reliability of the Bem and Allen type questions was quite low, the reliability of the Self-monitoring Scale was relatively high. The correlation between self-reports of variability in academic behaviour and actual variability in grades was significant, while the correlation between self-reports of general consistency and sell-monitoring scores was not. The problem of using a single-item technique to measure consistency was discussed.Keywords
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