Self-Concept Clarity Scale – Chinese Version

Description

Self-concept refers to the multidimensional cognition and evaluation of the individual regarding themselves and their relationship with the environment, formed and developed during the socialization process. It reflects the individual’s level of self-awareness (Ling Hui et al., 2016). The development of self-concept will span a person’s entire life, and establishing a clear understanding of oneself is also an important topic for personal growth (Adam et al., 2018; Slotter & Walsh, 2017). Research on self-concept clarity began in early studies on self-esteem, which showed that individuals with different levels of self-esteem exhibit varying degrees of self-concept clarity and certainty. Compared to individuals with low self-esteem, those with high self-esteem demonstrate a clearer and more certain self-concept (Campbell, 1990).

Authors and Contact Email

Authors: Ning Xiaoyun, Duan Jinyun, Xu Yue, Feng Chengzhi
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Purpose

To investigate the clarity of self-concept among students and the factors influencing it.

Test Year

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Administration Method and Scoring

The study utilized convenient sampling methods in two full-time undergraduate institutions in Kunming and Chongqing, surveying 800 university students. After organizing the responses and excluding invalid questionnaires, a total of 729 valid questionnaires were obtained, resulting in an effective recovery rate of 91.1%. The average age of participants was 20.46 ± 1.28 years.

Reliability and Validity

The internal consistency coefficient of the Self-Concept Clarity Scale is 0.81.

Factors and Subscales

Self-concept clarity (自我概念清晰性):
1. Individual understanding of self-characteristics and beliefs.
2. Understanding the harmony between different self-characteristics.
3. Recognition of consistency and coherence of self-characteristics across various situations and times.

Keywords

Self-concept clarity, personal growth, well-being, psychological adjustment, dietary disorders.

Items in Chinese

1. 我对自己的一些看法经常互相矛盾。
2. 有时我对自己持有一种看法，另一些时候我又会有另一种不同的看法。
3. 我花很长时间来思索我究竟是什么样的一种人。
4. 有时候我感觉我不全是我看起来的那个样子。
5. 回想过去，我不确定我到底是什么样的人。
6. 我很少体验到我性格不同方面的冲突。
7. 有时候我觉得我对别人的了解好于对自己的了解。
8. 我对自己的看法似乎比较频繁的变化。
9. 如果让我来描述自己的性格，或许每天我的描述都不一样。
10. 即使是想告诉别人我真正是什么样子的，我认为我也做不到。
11. 一般来说，我能清晰地知道我是谁，我是什么样的人。
12. 因为不知道自己真正想要什么，因此对我来说下定决心做一件事很难。

Items in English

1. My views about myself often contradict each other.
2. Sometimes I hold one view of myself, and at other times I have a different view.
3. I spend a long time thinking about what kind of person I really am.
4. Sometimes I feel that I am not entirely what I appear to be.
5. Looking back, I am uncertain of what kind of person I really am.
6. I rarely experience conflicts between different aspects of my personality.
7. Sometimes I feel I understand others better than I understand myself.
8. My views of myself seem to change quite frequently.
9. If I had to describe my personality, perhaps my description would be different every day.
10. Even when I try to tell others what I really am like, I feel I cannot do it.
11. Generally, I can clearly know who I am and what kind of person I am.
12. Because I do not know what I truly want, it is difficult for me to make a decision about something.

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