Testing the Dimensionality of the Self-Consciousness Scales
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 51 (1) , 53-68
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa5101_5
Abstract
The self-consciousness scale of Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss (1975) was subjected to internal and external consistency tests based on the classical test theory model. The scale was found to have five underlying dimensions: two for private self-consciousness (viz., self-reflectiveness and internal state awareness), two for public self-consciousness, and one for social anxiety. The confirmatory factor analysis procedures employed by Burnkrant and Page (1984) are shown to be fallible as indicators of unidimensionality. Theoretical implications of newly identified dimensions in the public self-consciousness subscale are discussed.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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