The implicit theories approach to the self‐monitoring controversy
作者:
Judith E. Larkin,
期刊:
European Journal of Personality
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 5,
issue 1
页码: 15-34
ISSN:0890-2070
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/per.2410050103
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractIn the face of uncertainty and disagreement about the meaning and measurement of theself‐monitoringconstruct, the author proposes an implicit theories approach to shed light on what self‐monitoring scales may be tapping. The first study explored people's notions of what high and low self‐monitors are like, based on the statements in the 18‐item Self‐Monitoring Scale (Gangestad and Snyder, 1985). The second study compared that measure with Lennox and Wolfe's (1984) Revised Self‐Monitoring Scale and examined defensive motivation within the scales. The third study consisted of two experiments to determine whether subjects perceived the items of Gangestad and Snyder's Self‐Monitoring Scale as reflecting a unitary latent entity or separate, contradictory variables. It was concluded that the implicit theories approach appears to be a useful complement to traditional factor analytic studies, providing new ways of looking at a personality construct, clarifying some theoretical issues, and generating hypotheses for fu
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