Maria Kaźmierczak Ja relacyjne-współzależne: pomiar i psychologiczne korelaty

Abstrakt

The article describes the relational-interdependent self-construal scale, as well as its psychometric characteristics and psychological correlates. It is the measure, which has been adapted to Polish conditions. The relational-interde­pendent self-construal scale measures individual differences in the tendency to include close others in the self. The measure was first introduced by Cross, Bacon & Morris (2000). The items were created on the basis of the definition of relational-interdependent self-construal and earlier studies. 1579 people participated in the studies aimed at conducting exploratory factor analysis and reliability analysis. Results indicate that the relational-interdependent self-construal scale consists of 9 items that form one factor. The measure is reliable and valid. There are gender differences in relational self-construal - women obtain higher scores. The relation­al-interdependent self-construal scale is positively associated with empathy (espe­cially empathie concern and perspective taking), agreeableness (and to some extent with extraversion), communal values (those important for interpersonal relations, mostly with security, universalism, conformity and benevolence), and with satis­faction with romantic relationship. Relational-interdependent self-construal is not significantly associated with global self-esteem.