An Empirical Analysis of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire for Adolescents

The Relations of Pubertal Status to Intrapersonal Changes in Young Adolescents

“…(Petersen, Schulenberg, Abramowitz, Offer, & Jarcho, 1984). In the Early Adolescent Study self-image was assessed using the Self-Image Questionnaire for Young Adolescents (SIQYA), a self-report measure developed from the Offer Self-image Questionnaire (Offer, Ostrov, & Howard, 1982). The SIQYA is a 98 item questionnaire that assesses self-perceptions of functioning in nine domains: Impulse Control, Emotional Tone, Body-Image, Coping, Psychopathology, Superior Adjustment, Peer Relations, Family Relations, and Vocational and Educational Goals. Analyses for this study utilized a number of these subscales rather than "Self-Image" as a total score.…”

Adolescents' competence and the mutuality of their self-descriptions and descriptions of them provided by others

“…At age 14, the 130 items of a Dutch version of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (Offer et aL, 1977;1981) were rated by the subjects on a 6-point format, ranging from (1) describes me very well to (6) does not describe me at all. Because the internal consistencies of the 11 subscales originally proposed by Offer et al were insufficient, the following higher order scales were formed, also according to the suggestions of these authors: Psychological Self, containing items for impulse control (sample item with the highest item-total correlation: "I carry many grudges" [-]), emotional tone ("I feel inferior to most people I know" [-]), and body-and self-image ("I feel strong and healthy"), 28 items, Cronbach alpha = .82; Social Self, containing items for social relationships ("I find it extremely hard to make friends" [-]), morals ("I blame others even when I know that I am at fault" [-]), and vocational-educational goals (School and studying mean very little to me" [-]), 29 items, Cronbach alpha = .69; Familial Self, containing items on family relationships ("I can count on my parents most of the time"), 19 items, Cronbach alpha = .70; and Coping Self, containing items on mastery of the external world ("My work, in general, is at least as good as the work of the guy next to me"), psychopathology ("When I am with people I am bothered by hearing strange noises" [-]), and superior adjustment ("Our society is a competitive one, and I am not afraid of it"), 38 items, Cronbach alpha = .72).…”

Effects of Prenatal Treatment with Phénobarbital

“…In the adolescent follow-up, the Child Be havior Checklist [14] was completed by the mother and the adolescent completed the Offer Self-Image Inventory for Adolescents [15] and the Youth Self-Report [16]. Al though these data have not been analyzed completely, it appears that the findings also are quite complex.…”