1987 Volume 27 Issue 1 Pages 59-67
The main purpose of this study is to verify the following two hypotheses about the relation between objective self-awareness and self-evaluation.
Hypothesis I: Ideal-real self discrepancy score (D score) of those whose self-consciousness is high will be higher than that of those whose self-consciousness is low.
Hypothesis II: In the state of objective self-awareness, ideal-real self discrepancy will be high.
In regard to Hypothesis I, I employed the self-consciousness scale by Fenigstein, et al. (1975) and the ideal-real discrepancy test by Martire (1956) to compare high-low self-consciousness with large-small discrepancy (n=607, male student). There was no significant difference of D score between those whose self-consciousness is high and those whose self-consciousness is low. But there was significant correlation between self related D score (two items) and self-consciousness.
In regard to Hypothesis II, I steered the subjects into the state of objective self-awareness by using mirror and video (n=20, male students) and their own voices (n=20, male students). By using their own voices, I-R self discrepancy score (by Martire) of those into the state of objective self-awareness was higher than that of those in the neutral state.
