Factor Structure of the Private Self-Consciousness Scale: Role of Item Wording

Ben-Artzi, Elisheva

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa8103_08

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“…There are many demonstrations of how item wording substantially affects subsequent results (e.g., Sinclair & Tetrick, 2000;Torangeau & Rasinski, 1988), including evidence that more extreme and neutral scales in terms of items can yield dissimilar results (Ben-Artzi, 2003). Items used in scale construction must be evaluated individually to confirm that they reflect the construct in question.…”

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The Importance of Item Wording

Blasberg

Hewitt

Flett

et al. 2016

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

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In the current research, we illustrate the impact that item wording has on the content of personality scales and how differences in item wording influence empirical results. We present evidence indicating that items in certain scales used to measure "adaptive" perfectionism fail to capture the disabling all-or-nothing approach that is synonymous with the individual who is driven to attain perfection. Original and modified versions of two perfectionism measures of high personal standards and modified perfectionistic standards versions of these scales were administered to three samples of participants. A series of analyses established that item wording does indeed matter. In particular, our results differed for a modified version of the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised when the focus was on a conceptualization and assessment of perfectionism that is fundamentally different from conscientious striving. The current findings are discussed in terms of their implications for scale construction and item wording in general and for the measurement of perfectionism in particular. The specific implications of these findings are examined in terms of understanding dysfunctional perfectionism and the current debate about whether certain aspects of perfectionism are adaptive versus maladaptive.In research addressing personality constructs, our derived understanding is dependent on a foundation of accurate measurement. Careful development of measures meant for use in both research and/or clinical settings is sine qua non for acceptance for concept development and understanding. Poorly designed measures have consequences for our interpretation of research data and, ultimately, of our understanding of human behavior. At a micro level of scale development, it is of paramount importance that individual scale items accurately represent the construct of

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The Importance of Item Wording

Blasberg

Hewitt

Flett

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Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

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“…Many studies have criticized the psychometric qualities of the original scales, suggesting that the private self-consciousness scale should be split into two subfactors (Anderson et al, 1996, Ben-Artzi, 2003, Chang, 1998, Creed and Funder, 1998and Ruipérez and Belloch, 2003. One subfactor, known as self-reflection, reflects a maladaptive self-consciousness; the other, known as internal-state awareness, reflects an adaptive self-consciousness.…”

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Evaluating self-reflection and insight as self-conscious traits

Silvia

Phillips

2011

Personality and Individual Differences

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Abstract:Recent years have seen several new models of individual-differences in self-consciousness. The present research evaluated self-reflection and insight as types of self-focused attention. In the self-reflection and insight model, both traits represent metacognitive individual differences that aid self-regulation. In a sample of 233 young adults, both self-reflection and insight covaried with many different self-conscious traits (public and private self-consciousness, rumination, reflection), which suggests that they crosscut past typologies. Insight, but not self-reflection, covaried with many markers of affect and well-being: people high in insight had lower depression and anxiety symptoms, lower NA, higher PA, and higher self-esteem. On the whole, the evidence is consistent with the self-reflection and insight model, and the findings suggest that self-reflection and insight are distinct from each other and from other self-conscious traits.self-reflection | insight | rumination | reflection | self-awareness | self-focused Keywords: attention | personality | psychology Article:

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“…The FSCS 32 is currently the most‐used measure for the assessment of self‐consciousness/self‐awareness 33 and has been found to be valid and reliable 32,34 . The FSCS comprises three subscales: private self‐consciousness, public self‐consciousness, and social anxiety.…”

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“…27 A study in dermatology outpatients 29 found it to have sensitivity and specificity of 79 and 78%, respectively, in detecting ''minor psychiatric disorder'', and it has been deemed to have ''extraordinary clinical utility'' in screening for psychiatric morbidity in dermatology patients. 31 The FSCS 32 is currently the most-used measure for the assessment of self-consciousness/self-awareness 33 and has been found to be valid and reliable. 32,34 The FSCS comprises three subscales: private self-consciousness, public selfconsciousness, and social anxiety.…”

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confidence: 99%