Outlines a procedure for measuring those components of the self-concept called role/indentities, conceptualized from a symbolic interaction framework and using the semantic differential and discriminant analysis. The method is illustrated by measuring the gender role/identity of a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade school children.…

Examines self-consistency and self-enhancement motivation roles in adolescent cigarette smoking. Respondents were 1,971 fifth through eighth graders. They were asked to provide information about the number of cigarettes they had smoked in their lifetime and to rate themselves and most smokers on nine dimensions tapping coolness, sociability, and…

A definition of self concept as the individual's perception of how he is perceived by others whom he believes to be significant (important) was used as a basis for defining and assessing self concept in the present study. A number of questions associated with development and the stability of self concept were examined. These include: (1) the…