TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability and factorial structure of an Arabic translation of the self-consciousness scale
AU - Bendania, Ahmed
AU - Abed, Adnan S.
PY - 1997/12
Y1 - 1997/12
N2 - An Arabic translation of Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss's 1975 Self-consciousness scale was administered to 254 United Arab Emirates University undergraduate students, 99 men and 155 women with a mean age of 24 years. A factor analysis of the intercorrelations indicated the same general factors as in the original and other replicating studies. This study, however, differed from them in item loadings and distribution of items within the three factors of the scale. Other factor solutions were also tried and reported. Differences between men and women were also noted. In contrast with previous studies, the Arabic version showed differences in the magnitude of correlations among subscales. These differences were discussed in the light of cross-cultural and Arabic studies showing the influence of culture.
AB - An Arabic translation of Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss's 1975 Self-consciousness scale was administered to 254 United Arab Emirates University undergraduate students, 99 men and 155 women with a mean age of 24 years. A factor analysis of the intercorrelations indicated the same general factors as in the original and other replicating studies. This study, however, differed from them in item loadings and distribution of items within the three factors of the scale. Other factor solutions were also tried and reported. Differences between men and women were also noted. In contrast with previous studies, the Arabic version showed differences in the magnitude of correlations among subscales. These differences were discussed in the light of cross-cultural and Arabic studies showing the influence of culture.
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U2 - 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3f.1091
DO - 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3f.1091
M3 - Article
C2 - 9461742
AN - SCOPUS:0031302433
SN - 0033-2941
VL - 81
SP - 1091
EP - 1101
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -