title: Relations among self-talk, self-consciousness, and self-knowledge.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the relations among self-talk, self-consciousness, and self-knowledge through an exploratory principal component analysis and to test the hypothesis that only the functional and reflective aspects of self-consciousness contribute to self-knowledge. A self-report questionnaire including 6 scales assessing different aspects of self-talk, self-consciousness, and self-knowledge was administered to 203 German undergraduate university students. A principal component analysis of the scales yielded a two-factor solution, supporting the distinction between functional and dysfunctional self-consciousness. In a stepwise multiple regression analysis, only functional self-consciousness was a significant predictor of self-knowledge. Limitations of the present measures of inner speech are addressed.
authors.affiliation: University of the Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany. josh@rz.uni-sb.de
authors.forename: Johann F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking