The Self-Construal Scale

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The Self-Construal scale is a 30 items scale used to measure how people view themselves in relation to others. 2 subscales; interdependent self-construal and independent self-construal, comprise this scale. Each item is answered using a 7-point rating scale (1=strongly disagree, 4=neither agree or disagree, and 7=strongly agree). 15 items measure how much the repondent sees their self as separate, unique, and indepedentfrom others, while 15 items measure how much the respondent sees their self as connected, similar, and interdependent with others. Researchers have used the Self-Construal Scale with teens and adults from a wide range of socioeconomic, ethnic, and national backgrounds, including Americans of African, Asian, European, Latinx, Native, and Pacific Islander heritages who live on a low income or are working-class.

Content

Grades
Post secondary
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
3-5 minutes
Qualifications

None

Administration
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free

Contact

Author: Theodore Singelis
tsingelis@csuchico.edu
530-898-4009

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Escalas, J. E., & Bettman, J. R. (2005). Self-construal, reference groups, and brand meaning. Journal of Consumer Research32(3), 378-389. https://doi.org/10.1086/497549

Konrath, S., Bushman, B. J., & Grove, T. (2009). Seeing my world in a million little pieces: Narcissism, self‐construal, and cognitive–perceptual Style. Journal of Personality77(4), 1197-1228. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00579.x

Sato, T., & Cameron, J. E. (1999). The relationship between collective self-esteem and self-construal in Japan and Canada. The Journal of Social Psychology139(4), 426-435.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00224549909598402

Yamada, A. M., & Singelis, T. M. (1999). Biculturalism and self-construal. International Journal of Intercultural Relations23(5), 697-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0147-1767(99)00016-4

Yeh, C. J. (2002). Taiwanese students' gender, age, interdependent and independent self-construal, and collective self-esteem as predictors of professional psychological help-seeking attitudes. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology8(1), 19.  https://doi.org/10.1037/1099-9809.8.1.19

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

Bresnahan, M. J., Levine, T. R., Shearman, S. M., Lee, S. Y., Park, C. Y., & Kiyomiya, T. (2005). A multimethod multitrait validity assessment of self-construal in Japan, Korea, and the United States. Human Communication Research31(1), 33-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2005.tb00864.x 

Grace, S. L., & Cramer, K. L. (2003). The elusive nature of self-measurement: The self-construal scale versus the twenty statements test. The Journal of Social Psychology143(5), 649-668.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00224540309598469

Hardin, E. E., Leong, F. T. L., & Bhagwat, A. A. (2004). Factor structure of the Self-Construal Scale revisited: Implications for the multidimensionality of self-construal. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology35(3), 327–345. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022104264125

Singelis, T. M. (1994). The measurement of independent and interdependent self-construals. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin20(5), 580-591. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167294205014

Item Type
Likert