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Factor Structure of the Self-Construal Scale Revisited

Implications for the Multidimensionality of Self-Construal

Texas Tech University

Frederick T. L. Leong

Ohio State University

Aditya A. Bhagwat

United States Air Force

The Self-Construal Scale (SCS) is an important measure of self-construal. However, new data are needed on the structure of the SCS using more appropriate statistical techniques and investigating the existence of multiple (i.e., more than two) factors. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of data from two groups of European American and Asian/Asian American college students reveal six factors underlying items on the SCS that seem to represent four specific aspects of Independence and two specific aspects of Interdependence. Results also provide initial support for the relative usefulness of these new factors in exploring between-groups differences. Implications for the conceptualization of self-construal and future research are discussed.

Key Words: self-construal • Self-Construal Scale (SCS) • measurement • factor analysis • multidimensional nature of self-construal

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