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In 1975, Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss have constructed the SCS assessing behaviors constituting the domain of self-consciousness: (1) preoccupation with the past, present, and future behaviors, (2) sensitivity to inner feelings, (3) recognition of one’s positive and negative feelings, (4) introspective behavior, (5) tendency to picture or imagine oneself, (6) awareness of one’s physical appearance and presentation, and (7) concern over the appraisal of others (Fenigstein et al. 1975, p. 523). The SCS is a 23-item 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 extremely uncharacteristic to 4 extremely characteristic. A factorial analysis allowed to identify three subfactors of the...
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Poncin, M., Vermeulen, N., de Timary, P. (2020). Self-Consciousness Scale. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_79
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