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The reliability and validity of the Offer Self-Image Questionnaire (OSIQ) for adolescents were investigated using data from an Australian sample of male and female school students, with an average age of 14.9 years (n=216). Reliability coefficients were high for all subscales except the Morals subscale. Results indicated significant correlations of the OSIQ subscales with Lang and Tisher's Children's Depression Scale of 1978 and small correlations with a measure of social desirability. A factor analysis yielded five interpretable oblique factors that support the concept of a multidimensional self-image. Identification of items contributing little to the subscale alphas, and not loading on the factors yielded by the factor analysis, highlights the need for further development and validation of the OSIQ. Implications for the development of the self-concept at adolescence are also discussed.
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Received Ph.D. from University of Queensland. Research interests are adolescent development, self-concept, and career development.
Received Ph.D. from University of Queensland. Research interests are adolescence, family, and communication.
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Patton, W., Noller, P. The Offer Self-Image Questionnaire for adolescents: Psychometric properties and factor structure. J Youth Adolescence 23, 19–41 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537140
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