A Comparison of the Self-Report and the Observed Report in the Measurement of the Self-Concept: Implications for Construct Validity

Objective To evaluate associations between self-concept and psychosocial adjustment among adolescents with craniofacial anomalies. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Reconstructive plastic surgery department in urban medical center. Participants Forty-nine adolescents with congenital craniofacial anomalies, aged 14 to 18 years, and their parents. Main Outcome Measures Psychosocial adjustment (internalizing problems and social competence), assessed by self-report and parent-report forms of the Child Behavior Checklist; appearance self-concept and global self-worth, assessed by the Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents. Results Both appearance self-concept and global self-worth were associated with psychosocial adjustment; however, global self-worth remained associated with adjustment when the effects of appearance self-concept were controlled, whereas appearance self-concept was no longer associated with adjustment when global self-worth was controlled. Demographic variables (ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and adolescent gender) largely failed to moderate the associations between self-concept and adjustment. Conclusions Adolescent dissatisfaction with appearance is linked to psychosocial adjustment problems only when it is part of a negative overall view of the self.

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Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of the Short Version of the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale in a Southern European Sample

Journal of Personality Assessment ◽

10.1080/00223891.2019.1617297 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 102 (4) ◽

pp. 457-468 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ana Seara-Cardoso ◽

Andreia Queirós ◽

Eugénia Fernandes ◽

Joana Coutinho ◽

Craig Neumann

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Short Version

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The Multifaceted Nature of Self-Consciousness: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Consequences

Imagination Cognition and Personality ◽

10.2190/av07-y0k1-8d71-fbaa ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 17-43 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Elisheva Ben-Artzi ◽

Mario Mikulincer ◽

Hanania Glaubman

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Concept ◽

Self Disclosure ◽

The Third ◽

Content Analyses ◽

Definition Of ◽

Empirical Implications

The present work involves the reconceptualization of self-consciousness as a multifaceted process. In the first study, subjects were asked to freely describe the contents of their thoughts when thinking about themselves. Content analyses resulted in the definition of specific categories of self-consciousness which were found to overlap partly with basic dimensions of the self-concept. In the second study, a valid and reliable self-report questionnaire of self-consciousness was developed, comprising fourteen separate factors. In the third study, different patterns of self-consciousness were found to be associated with depression, anxiety, self-disclosure, and loneliness. The theoretical and empirical implications of conceptualizing self-consciousness as a multiple-content phenomenon are discussed.

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Study Skills, Self-Concept, and Academic Achievement

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1984.54.3.923 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 54 (3) ◽

pp. 923-929 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Bernadette M. Gadzella ◽

James David Williamson

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

University Students ◽

Grade Point Average ◽

Study Skills ◽

Interpersonal Relations ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Concept ◽

Grade Point ◽

Two Measures

This study investigated the relationships between study skills, self-concept, and academic achievement and whether the self-report measures contributed to the prediction of grade-point average for 110 university students. Analysis showed that study skills, self-concepts, and academic achievement correlated significantly with each other; rs ranged from .03 to .52. In addition to the total study skills score, two measures of study skills (oral reporting and interpersonal relations) and one measure of self-concept (personal self) contributed to the prediction of grade-point average.

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The Effects of Social Support and School Placement on the Self—Concept of LD Students

Learning Disability Quarterly ◽

10.2307/1510989 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 115-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Ellice Ann Forman

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Learning Disabled ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Concept ◽

Future Research ◽

Athletic Competence ◽

School Placement ◽

Self Worth ◽

Resource Rooms

The effects of two types of environmental influences on the self-concept of LD students were examined: social support and school placement. The 51 children and adolescents who participated in the study were receiving LD services in self-contained classes or resource rooms, or had been diagnosed as learning disabled but were not yet receiving services. Social support and self-concept were assessed using two self-report measures developed by Harter (1985). Students with higher levels of perceived social support were found to score higher in general self-worth, athletic competence, scholastic competence, and behavioral conduct than students with fewer social supports. In addition, support from classmates was the most important predictor of high self-concept. School placement was not found to be related to self-concept. The findings of this study suggest that future research needs to examine the social contextual factors that may foster positive self-concepts in LD students.

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Private Self-Consciousness as a Moderator Variable?

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1987.60.1.303 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 303-312

Author(s):

John W. Osborne ◽

T. O. Maguire ◽

N. Angus

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Predictive Validity ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Use Of Self ◽

Moderator Variable ◽

Method Variance ◽

Methodological Difficulties

Previous studies suggested that private self-consciousness may function as a moderator of the predictive validity of self-report measures of personality. This paper critically examined the construct validity of the Self-consciousness Scale used to measure private self-consciousness. The conceptual and methodological difficulties involved in measuring private self-consciousness are discussed with particular reference to the ubiquity of self-consciousness theory and the problem of method variance associated with the exclusive use of self-report in validating the Self-consciousness Scale. A phenomenologically derived profile of test experience is offered as a way of checking the validity of self-reported measures.

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Experiences and Expectations in Evaluating Preparation for an Examination

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.2000.86.3.895 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 86 (3) ◽

pp. 895-898 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karl Schweizer

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Oral Examination ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Concept ◽

Personal Optimism ◽

Past Experiences

The predictability of the evaluation of preparing for an oral examination by means of self-concept and self-esteem as well as optimism and self-efficacy was investigated in a sample of 49 university students. Self-concept was measured by Frankfurter Selbstkonzeptskalen, self-esteem by the 16PF-O scale, personal optimism, social optimism, and self-efficacy by Fragebogen für Personalen Optimismus und Sozialen Optimismus—Erweitert, and the evaluation of the preparation by a self-report sheet. Data were collected 5 wk. before the examination. The self-report sheet was given again one week before the examination. Significant correlations of self-report scores with self-concept scores as well as 16PF-O scores representing past experiences were found for the first assessment. The correlations with personal optimism scores and self-efficacy scores representing expectations were also significant for the second assessment.

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Validation of the self-administered comorbidity questionnaire adjusted for spondyloarthritis: results from the ASAS-COMOSPA study

Rheumatology ◽

10.1093/rheumatology/kez482 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (7) ◽

pp. 1632-1639

Author(s):

Carmen Stolwijk ◽

Ivette Essers ◽

Filip van den Bosch ◽

Maxime Dougados ◽

Adrien Etcheto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Rheumatic Disease ◽

Construct Validity ◽

Disease Activity ◽

Physical Function ◽

Health Utility ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Work Limitations ◽

Patient Reported ◽

Comorbidity Index

Abstract Objective To confirm validity of the Self-administered Comorbidity Questionnaire modified for patients with SpA (mSCQ), and assess whether validity improves when adding items on extra-articular manifestations (EAMs), i.e. uveitis, psoriasis, and IBD, and osteoporosis and fractures. Methods Data from the Assessment in SpondyloArthritis international Society COMOrbidities in SPondyloArthritis study were used. Criterion validity of presence of EAMs, osteoporosis and fractures was assessed as agreement (kappa) between patients’ self-reported and physician-confirmed disease. Construct validity of the mSCQ including EAMs, osteoporosis and/or fractures (SpA-SCQ) was assessed by testing hypotheses about correlations with demographics, physical function, work ability, health utility and disease activity, and was compared with construct validity of the rheumatic disease comorbidity index. Results In total, 3984 patients contributed to the analyses. Agreement between patient-reported and physician-reported EAMs was substantial to almost perfect (uveitis ĸ = 0.81, IBD ĸ = 0.73, psoriasis ĸ = 0.86). Agreement for osteoporosis (ĸ = 0.38) and fractures (ĸ = 0.39) was fair. As hypothesized, the mSCQ correlated moderately to weakly with age, physical function, work limitations and health utility, and very weakly with disease activity. In contrast to our hypothesis, adding EAMs, osteoporosis and/or fractures to the mSCQ decreased correlations with several external constructs, especially among patients with peripheral SpA. Correlations with the different constructs were stronger for the both mSCQ and SpA-SCQ (rBASFI = 0.34; rEQ-5D = −0.33) compared with the rheumatic disease comorbidity index (rBASFI = 0.24; rEQ-5D = −0.21). Conclusion The mSCQ is a valid self-report instrument to assess the influence of comorbidities on health outcomes in patients with SpA. Adding EAMs and/or osteoporosis or fractures does not improve validity of the mSCQ.

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Self-concept certainty in adaptive and maladaptive perfectionists

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology ◽

10.1177/2043808719843455 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 204380871984345 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alice Lo ◽

Maree J. Abbott

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

University Students ◽

The Self ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Concept ◽

The Way

The present study examined the content of self-related beliefs (i.e., the self-concept) and the level of certainty associated with these beliefs (i.e., self-concept certainty) across adaptive and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism. A sample of 103 university students (26 adaptive perfectionists, 28 maladaptive perfectionists, and 49 non-perfectionists) completed a series of questionnaires and a reaction-timed computer task assessing their self-concept content and level of self-concept certainty. Results revealed significant differences in the content of self-beliefs about personality attributes between perfectionist groups, such that those classified as adaptive perfectionists held more positive beliefs and less negative-related beliefs about their personality attributes when compared to maladaptive perfectionists. Results regarding self-concept certainty were less clear, with adaptive perfectionists being most certain in general on self-report measures, but more certain for positive personality attributes only when compared to maladaptive perfectionists on a reaction-timed decision-making task. Findings from the present study are discussed in terms of the way that self-concept certainty may differ across adaptive and maladaptive subtypes of perfectionists.

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