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PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE «DIAGNOSTICS OF SELF-AWARENESS FORMS» BY Z. ZABOROWSKI AND A. OLESZKIEWICZ

O. A. Shamshikova,

N. M. Klepikova,

G. S. Taygulova,

NSPU, Novosibirsk

The article presents one approach to the study of the problem of self-awareness based on the attribution theory. The attribute perspective of the problem of self-awareness includes self-awareness contents and the four forms of its processing: individual, defensive, outer and reflective. That view is known as «the theory of contents and forms of self-awareness» (briefly: the CF theory) by Z. Zaborowski.

Theoretical description and experimental verification of the CF theory maid by Z. Zaborowski and A. Oleszkiewicz led to the creation of the «Diagnostics of forms of self-awareness» method [19], intended for measuring the intensity of the four forms of self-awareness focused on evaluation of four processes that foster person’s image of himself.

The first form — individual — includes the current information processing presenting the core content of self-awareness as a personality component, and it contributes to the strengthening and integration of the personality structure. The second form — outer — is based on objective information processing within social norms and standards, and it serves for solving problems of social adaptation.

The third one — defensive form — may get involved against a background of a sense of danger, frustration of needs and it reflects defense mechanisms for the information processing when there is a discrepancy between a person’s self-image and social norms and expectations.

The fourth form — reflective self-awareness — involves abstract symbolic processing of information about oneself and the world; promotes the formation of identity, the development of life plans and lifestyle.

The article represents the results of adaptation of West-European methods on a Russian sample (n = 121).

In the first phase the translation procedure of the questionnaire was implemented, the research version of the questionnaire was developed, in the second phase the psychometric characteristics of the methodology were analyzed: 1) the correlations between the responses (evaluating the suitability of statements); the questionnaire discriminative is revealed; 2) evaluating the reliability: the internal consistency of scales (The SpearmanBrown prediction formula, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient) and the resistance to retesting with two weeks interval (The Spearman’s rank-order correlation or rs-Spearman coefficient); 3) the structure validity is grounded.

Keywords: content of self-awareness; differentiation of self-awareness content; forms of self-awareness; reliability; validity; questionnaire discriminative.

For citation: Shamshikova O. A., Klepikova N. M., Taygulova G. S. Psychometric analysis of the questionnaire «diagnostics of self-awareness forms» by Z. Zaborowski and A. Oleszkiewicz // Systems psychology and sociology. 2018. № 1 (25). P. 13–25.

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