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Self-consciousness scale (revised version)
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About this scale
Self consciousness is in essence self-reflection. Some people reflect more on themselves than others, and the popular self-consciousness scale measures this. The revised version used here changed the original one so that the language used is more accessible for a very broad population (rather than just psychology students, who are often recruited for psychological test validation). The Scheier and Carver (1985) paper illustrates the problems of the origina
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Source & citation
Scheier, M. F. & Carver, C. S. (1985). The self-consciousnes scale - a revised version for use with general populations. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 15, 687-699. | Download the the original scale here from Scheier's webpage .
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