Factor analysis of a scale to assess state self-monitoring in adolescents during interview: a pilot study.
Self-monitoring is the extent to which individuals regulate self-presentation for the sake of desired public appearances. Snyder developed a Self-Monitoring Scale to measure individual differences on this construct. Since the measure could be insensitive to situational influences, it is uncertain whether the short-term self-monitoring elicited by certain social interactions could be examined. The present study explored the factor structures of a state self-monitoring scale which was adapted from 10 items of the Self-Monitoring Scale. Participants took part in an individual interview with an unfamiliar authority, and then completed the State Self-Monitoring Scale. Two samples of adolescents (N=98 and N=95) were tested. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis using the two samples indicated that the 9-item State Self-Monitoring Scale had two stable factors. There was a statistically significant difference on State Self-monitoring between adolescents with high and low academic achievement, supporting the validity of the scale.
Zhang
Baoshan
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Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Bi
Yan-Ling
YL
Yu
Guoliang
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability