Confirmatory factor analysis (LISREL; Joreskog & Sorbom, 1989) of data draw
n from a sample of middle and senior school students was used to examine a
variety of factor structures proposed in previous studies to underlie self-
consciousness, Examination of the content of the Revised Self-Consciousness
Scale (Scheier & Carver, 1985) suggested an alternative factor structure.
This alternative structure comprised 2 private self-consciousness factors:
Rumination on the General Self and Monitoring of Specific Aspects of Self.
The public self-consciousness measure was retained as originally formulated
with the exception of I item that was excluded from the final structure. T
his model of self-consciousness fit the data better than the 4 previously p
roposed structures.