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Development and validation of the brief Relational, Individual and Collective (brief RIC) Self‐Aspects scale
Author(s) -
Hardie Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2008.01271.x
Subject(s) - psychology , scale (ratio) , convergent validity , social psychology , construct validity , context (archaeology) , external validity , reliability (semiconductor) , construct (python library) , test validity , validity , psychometrics , developmental psychology , internal consistency , computer science , biology , programming language , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
A brief nine‐item context‐free version of the 30‐item Relational, Individual and Collective (RIC) Self‐Aspects scale was developed for use in short surveys and time‐constrained telephone interviews. Two monocultural studies were conducted using Australian samples. In Study 1 ( N = 175 university students) the Brief RIC demonstrated internal reliability, factorial validity and convergent construct validity with the original RIC. In Study 2 ( N = 1000 adults) the three‐factor structure was replicated and demographic correlates of self‐aspects revealed new directions for future exploration. The Brief RIC will benefit from further validation, particularly in cross‐cultural samples, but appears to be suitable for research purposes which require brevity.