The Internal Structures and External Implications of Two Self-Monitoring Scales

Abstract

史耐德(Snyder)的自我監控量表在社會心理學界廣為研究者所採用，但也有很多研究指出其信度與效度大有問題，雷、渥二氏(Lennox & Wolfe)的自我監控量表則是一個更新的嚐試。本研究以183個大學生為樣本所做的結果發現，史耐德的量表含有三個主成份，且其關係矛盾，與下列四個效標的相關極不一致；觀點取替、內外控傾向、人際關係的滿足感、及人際關係的挫折感。雷、渥二氏的量表本含有二個主成份，在本研究中完全被複製出來，且與上述四個效標的關係頗為一致。雷、渥二氏的量表似乎比史耐德的量表較具有信度與效度。

Selected psychometric characteristic of selfmonitoring scales by Snyder (1974) and by Lennox and Wolfe (1984) were compared using data from 183 college students. Three components were discovered in Snyder`s scale and were found to have contradictory relationships with the following four criteria: perspective-taking, locus of control, satisfaction with interpersonal relationships. The original two factors in Lennox and Wolfe`s scale were well replicated in the current study and were found to have compatible relationships with the four criteria. Lennox and Wolfe`s scale appeared to be a better alternative to Snyder`s scale.