Personality Assessment of Adolescents: An Analysis of the Junior Self-Monitoring Scale

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary N. Howells ◽  
Vicki L. Fishfader
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Situational Cues ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Social Appropriateness

The factor structure and reliability of Graziano, Musser, Leone, and Lautenschlager's 1987 Junior Self-monitoring Scale was examined using the responses of 1279 students in Grades 6 to 9. Analyses suggested that the scale contains two main factors which represent Concern for Social Appropriateness and Ability to Modify Self-presentation. We suggest using a 20-item version of the scale (rather than the original 24-item version) to provide increased reliability and that the scale may be more appropriate than the Adolescent Self-monitoring Scale by Pledger for use with younger children because it is easier to read and has abundant situational cues.

Self‐presentation: Social skills and inconsistency as independent facets of self‐monitoring

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Nowack ◽  
Daniele Kammer
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Situational Cues ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Validity Studies ◽  
Interpersonal Situations

Using a German adaption of Snyder's (1974) Self‐Monitoring scale, we show that the scale has two independent facets, which encompass different aspects that are central to the original theoretical concept. Replicated factor analyses of the SM item pool suggest two uncorrelated subscales of equal length. Compared to the total scale, these two subscales are not only more economical and more reliable, but also provide more conceptual clarity, as demonstrated in three validity studies. In particular, the Social Skills subscale taps various self‐perceived social and acting skills and is related to uninhibited and spontaneous self‐expressions in interpersonal situations. The Inconsistency subscale measures discrepancies between the overt expression of one's feelings, attitudes, and beliefs and the way the person actually experiences them. This scale relates to social anxiety, sensitivity to situational cues, and self‐reported situational inconsistency. The two subscales are similar to factors recently identified for the original American scale. Based on this cross‐cultural convergence the validity of the current Self‐Monitoring research is discussed.

scholarly journals The Revised Self-Monitoring Scale detects early impairment of social cognition in genetic frontotemporal dementia within the GENFI cohort

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah D. Franklin ◽  
Lucy L. Russell ◽  
Georgia Peakman ◽  
Caroline V. Greaves ◽  
Martina Bocchetta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frontotemporal Dementia ◽  
Medial Temporal Lobe ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Mutation Carriers ◽  
Large Patient ◽  
Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract Background Although social cognitive dysfunction is a major feature of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), it has been poorly studied in familial forms. A key goal of studies is to detect early cognitive impairment using validated measures in large patient cohorts. Methods We used the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale (RSMS) as a measure of socioemotional sensitivity in 730 participants from the genetic FTD initiative (GENFI) observational study: 269 mutation-negative healthy controls, 193 C9orf72 expansion carriers, 193 GRN mutation carriers and 75 MAPT mutation carriers. All participants underwent the standardised GENFI clinical assessment including the ‘CDR® plus NACC FTLD’ scale and RSMS. The RSMS total score and its two subscores, socioemotional expressiveness (EX score) and modification of self-presentation (SP score) were measured. Volumetric T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging was available from 377 mutation carriers for voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis. Results The RSMS was decreased in symptomatic mutation carriers in all genetic groups but at a prodromal stage only in the C9orf72 (for the total score and both subscores) and GRN (for the modification of self-presentation subscore) groups. RSMS score correlated with disease severity in all groups. The VBM analysis implicated an overlapping network of regions including the orbitofrontal cortex, insula, temporal pole, medial temporal lobe and striatum. Conclusions The RSMS indexes socioemotional impairment at an early stage of genetic FTD and may be a suitable outcome measure in forthcoming trials.

The Dark Triad and the self-presentation variables of socially desirable responding and self-monitoring

2018 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 234-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Marcin Kowalski ◽  
Radosław Rogoza ◽  
Philip A. Vernon ◽  
Julie Aitken Schermer
Keyword(s):  
Dark Triad ◽  
The Self ◽  
Socially Desirable Responding ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation

What Types of Leaders Fight for “Face”?

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-43
Author(s):  
Keren Yarhi-Milo
Keyword(s):  
Use Of Force ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
International Reputation ◽  
Willingness To Use ◽  
And Control

This chapter discusses what self-monitoring is, and how and why individuals differ in their self-monitoring dispositions. Self-monitoring concerns the extent to which individuals strategically cultivate their public appearances. A very large body of scholarship reviews how individuals differ in the extent to which they monitor and control their self-presentation in social situations. The literature distinguishes between two ideal-types of individuals: high self-monitors and low self-monitors. On average, high self-monitors are more likely to be concerned about reputation for resolve compared to low self-monitor individuals, and those tendencies could be moderated by overall dispositions about use of force. The chapter then explains how individuals’ beliefs about the efficacy of military force have an important intervening effect on whether a given leader will fight for reputation. It classifies leaders with regard to their willingness to use military instruments for international reputation into four ideal-types: reputation crusaders, reputation believers, reputation skeptics, and reputation critics.

The Effects of Self-Presentation on Perceived Exertion

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen H. Boutcher ◽  
Lori A. Fleischer-Curtian ◽  
Scott D. Gines
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Perceived Exertion ◽  
Cycle Ergometer ◽  
The Self ◽  
Heavy Load ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Male Experimenter ◽  
Female Experimenter

This study was designed to examine the audience-pleasing and self-constructional aspects of self-presentation on perceived exertion. Subjects performed two 18-min sessions on a cycle ergometer at light, moderate, and heavy workloads, during which perceived exertion and heart rate were collected. Each subject participated in a male and female experimenter condition. Males reported significantly lower perceived exertion in the female experimenter condition at the heavy load, compared to the same load in the male experimenter condition. There were no other significant differences for males or females at any of the workloads in either condition. Responses on the Self-Monitoring Inventory were used to assign subjects to either a high or low self-construction group. Results indicated that high self-constructors recorded significantly lower perceived exertion, compared to low self-constructors, at the low and moderate workloads.

Role of Behaviorally Descriptive Adjectives in Description of Personality

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter F. Merenda ◽  
Joseph L. Fava
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Construct Validation ◽  
Check List ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Personality Models ◽  
Validation Research ◽  
Over Time ◽  
First Descriptions

Behaviorally descriptive adjectives and personality trait terms have been analyzed periodically by many psychological researchers and practitioners during the last half of this century. This analysis of personality-descriptive adjectives and terms has led to the development of several widely used adjective checklists for personality assessment and the postulation and the construct validation of several personality models. Foremost among the adjective checklists have been the 1948 Activity Vector Analysis (AVA), the 1950 Adjective Check List (ACL), and the more recent Personality Adjective Check List (PACL) in 1987. The first descriptions and reports of their developmental and validation research appeared in the professional refereed literature, respectively by Clarke in 1956, Gough in 1960, and Strack in 1987. The ACL contains 300 adjectives, various forms of the AVA contain 81 to 87 adjectives, and the PACL contains 153 adjectives. The dimensionality of personality models and the number of scales interpreted in the protocols from these instruments have either remained stable as in the case of AVA (4 dimensions, 6 scales) or have been quite variable over time. For example, the ACL was originally 5-dimensional with 6 scales being interpreted. Currently, the ACL yields 37 interpretable scales, and the PACL perhaps a 5-factor structure.

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