Please respond to the items below using the following rating scale:
1 = agree
2 = somewhat agree
3 = somewhat disagree
4 = disagree
- (P) I do not fee ashamed of any of my emotions.
- (P) I feel I must do what others expect me to do.
- (P) I believe that people are essentially good and can be trusted.
- (P) It is always necessary that others approve of what I do.
- (N) I feel free to be angry at those I love.
- (P) I don’t accept my own weaknesses.
- (P) I can like people without having to approve of them.
- (N) I avoid attempts to analyze and simplify complex domains.
- (P) It is better to be yourself than it is to be popular.
- (P) I have no mission in life to which I feel especially dedicated.
- (P) I can express my feelings even when they may result in undesirable consequences.
- (P) I do not feel responsible to help anybody.
- (P) I am loved because I can give love.
- (P) I am bothered by fears of being inadequate.
- I fear failure. (Original SISA item omitted from Watson et al.‚ 1990)
Crandall‚ R.‚ & Jones‚ A. (1991). Issues in self-actualization measurement. In A. Jones & R. Crandall (Eds.)‚ Handbook of self-actualization (special issue). Journal of Social Behavior and Personality‚ 6‚ 339–344.
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TOWARD AN ANARCHIST THEORY OF SELF: WILDERNESS‚ ACTUALIZATION
AND AUTHORITY
By: JOSEPH AMOS GARCIA
(Under the Direction of William D. McIntosh)