Self-Insight Motive Scale

Short Description: The self-insight motive describes the dispositional tendency to strive for accurate self-knowledge. We added a short scale for the assessment of the self-insight motive, the self-insight motive scale, to the SOEP-IS. The scale can be used to investigate the nomological net, developmental antecedents and cogntive-behavioral consequences of the self-insight motive.

Methodological Details: The scale assesses cognitions, emotions, and behaviors that are indicative of a striving for accurate self-knowledge with regard to one’s own personality and abilities. It consists of five self-report items (e.g., “I want to know exactly what my strengths and weaknesses are.”).

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Michael Dufner (Universität Leipzig), Stefan Schmuckle (Universität Leipzig)

2018

1600

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simsbehav03, sims02, sims05, sims03, sims01, im_sims, simsbehav02, sims04, simsbehav04, simsbehav01

04/2021

Psychology

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