Date of Award
1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Abstract
In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of interest in research on the extent and manner in which a person views him/herself in various settings. Some refer to this as self-preoccupation (Sarason, 1975, 1978; Wine, 1971), while others call it self-awareness, a state (Duval and Wicklund, 1972) or self-consciousness, a trait, (Buss and Scheier, 1976). It has been hypothesized that human consciousness is bidirectional; that is, it can be focused inward to the self or outward to the external environment (Bandura, 1977). There is some research and theory that suggests that the focus of this attention, influences the person's performance.
Recommended Citation
Noles, Steven W., "The measurement of self-preoccupation" (1979). Honors Theses. 664.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/664