“…The Self-Consciousness Scale has been translated into several languages and utilized for research in many countries including Mexico, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, China and Brazil (see Heinemann, 1979;Vleeming and Engles, 1981;Nystedt and Smari, 1989;Banos et al 1990;Comunian, 1994;Shek, 1994;Grob, 1995;Texiera andGomes, 1995, 1996). Our study utilizes the Brazilian version of this scale (Texiera and Gomes, 1995) to examine the relationship between qualitative and quantitative data gathered on the psychological construct of self-consciousness.…”