The reliability and validity of Bem and Allen's measure of cross-situational consistency
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Jackie Greaner
GTE Data Services, Inc
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Louis A. Penner
GTE Data Services, Inc
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- Keywords:
- social behavior, social psychology, reliability, validity, measuring, cross-situational, consistency, academic, behavior, Snyder's (1974) Self-monitoring Scale, cross-situational consistency, self-reports, self-monitoring
- Abstract
- The reliability and validity of Bem and Allen's (1974) technique of measuring cross-situational consistency was investigated. Subjects answered questions concerning consistency in academic behavior and general consistency and filled out Snyder's (1974) Self-monitoring Scale twice. Whereas the test-retest reliability of the Bem and Allen type questions was quite low, the reliability of the Self-monitoring Scale was relatively high. The correlation between self-reports of variability in academic behaviour and actual variability in grades was significant, while the correlation between self-reports of general consistency and self-monitoring scores was not. The problem of using a single-item technique to measure consistency was discussed.
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- 1982-08-01
- Issue
- Volume 10, 1982, Issue 2
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