title: Validity and Reliability of the Spanish Version of the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale.
abstract: Self-Monitoring (SM) is a concept that refers to individual differences in this orientation toward regulation of social behavior. The goal of the present research was to provide a Spanish adaptation of Snyder and Gangestad's (1986) Revised SM Scale. After conducting an initial pilot study, results showed that the Spanish version of the scale had good internal reliability and adequate factor structure. In Study 1, analyses support a unidimensional structure of the scale (χ2/df = 2.64; GFI = .97; IFI = .97; TLI = .96; RMSEA = .06). In Study 2, the scale showed discriminant validity from other individual differences measures, such as Need for Cognition (r = 0.12 p = 0.14), Social Desirability (r = 0.06, p > .45) and Extraversion (r = 0.28 p = .001). In Study 3, the scale showed adequate test-retest reliability (r = 0.71, p < .001). Finally, using a paradigm of attitude-behavior consistenty, Study 4 showed that the validated scale also had good predictive validity (B = -0.819, p = .035).
authors.affiliation: UNED (Spain).
authors.forename: Borja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.affiliation: Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (Spain).
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stavraki
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (Spain).
authors.forename: Darío
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Díaz
authors.affiliation: IE Universidad (Spain).
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gandarillas
authors.affiliation: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Briñol
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attitude-behavior consistency; individual differences; personality; scale; self-monitoring