Date of Award
Fall 1988
Document Type
Dissertation - Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Education
First Advisor
Ivanoff, John
Second Advisor
Fox, Robert
Third Advisor
Dupuis, A.
Abstract
The Self-Consciousness Scale is a 23-item questionnaire, which measures differences in the tendency to attend to the more covert, hidden aspects of the self. Research in the field of Aging suggests that there may be a universal tendency to think about the self as aging occurs. This study addresses the psychometric issues of The Self- Consciousness Scale as an instrument which might be used in the study of Aging. The scale was administered to 255 subjects over the age of 60 and The Adjective Check List was also administered in order to compare the relationship between two of their subscales. The factor loadings of the scale used with individuals over 60 were very similar to those in the literature involving college age populations. There was no correlation among the subscales of the scale and The Adjective Check List. The possibility of future use of the scale in older populations is discussed.