Abstract
The present report describes the factor structure, reliability, and construct validity of an Italian translation of the Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss 1975 Self-consciousness Scale based upon responses of 290 Italian high school students, 140 boys and 150 girls. Separate principal component factor analyses of scores from each group yielded a three-factor structure which was generally consistent with analyses of the original subscales. Internal consistency estimates, α, were .85, .82, and .78. Testretest reliability estimates over a 6-wk. period were .75 and .85 for boys and girls, respectively. Correlations of scores on the Italian subscales for all students with scores on subscales of Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory and Test Anxiety Inventory and with Carver's Optimism measure suggest this Italian translation of the self-consciousness scales shows concurrent validity. This is the first step on the development of a reliable self-consciousness scale to be used in Italy in research.
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