title: Self-pluralism: assessment and relations to adjustment, life changes, and age.
abstract: Individuals differ in the degree to which they see themselves as behaving and feeling similarly or differently in different situations and at different times. This dimension of the self-concept, which is conceived to extend from strong constancy of the self-concept at one extreme to marked variability at the opposite pole, is designated as self-pluralism. An inventory for the assessment of degree of self-pluralism--the Self-Pluralism Scale (SPS)--is presented, and the correlations of this scale with other relevant personality measures are reported. Several studies utilizing the SPS are presented. The results indicate that self-pluralism is negatively related to psychological adjustment, positively related to long-term real-life variability, and negatively related to age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology 296, University of Nevada, Reno 89557-0062, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McReynolds
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Altrocchi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: House
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires