Alternative factor structure for the Revised Self-Consciousness Scale

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.