Development and Validation of the Situational Self-Awareness Scale

This article discusses the manipulation and measurement of levels of situational self-focus, which is generally labeled “self-awareness.” A new scale was developed to quantify levels of public and private self-awareness. Five studies were conducted to assess the psychometric properties, reliability,...

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Published in:Consciousness and cognition 2001-09, Vol.10 (3), p.366-378
Main Authors: Govern, John M., Marsch, Lisa A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Awareness - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Ego
Environment
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Key Words: public self-awareness
Male
Personality. Affectivity
private self-awareness
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychometrics
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:This article discusses the manipulation and measurement of levels of situational self-focus, which is generally labeled “self-awareness.” A new scale was developed to quantify levels of public and private self-awareness. Five studies were conducted to assess the psychometric properties, reliability, and validity of the Situational Self-Awareness Scale (SSAS). The SSAS was found to have a reliable factor structure, to detect differences in public and private self-awareness produced by laboratory manipulations, and to be sensitive to changes in self-awareness within individuals over time and across situations. The SSAS can be used as a manipulation check of laboratory self-awareness manipulations and as a means of assessing naturally occurring fluctuations in public and private self-awareness in order to clarify the relation between self-awareness and other variables (e.g., mood and memory).
ISSN:1053-8100
1090-2376
DOI:10.1006/ccog.2001.0506