Self-Awareness Scale (Sutton)
Psychology: PersonalityReliability: alpha 0.863 sample items
About this scale
A 12-item measure of dispositional self-awareness across two factors: reflection (engagement in self-examination) and rumination (compulsive self-focus).
Sample item(s)
“I love exploring my 'inner' self (reflection)”
“I often reflect on episodes in my life that I should no longer concern myself with (rumination)”
“I am very interested in examining what I think about (reflection)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.86. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Sutton, A. (2016): Measuring the effects of self-awareness: Construction of the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionnaire. Europe's Journal of Psychology, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 645–658.
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