Use of the dramaturgical metaphor in the measurement of self-monitoring

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Richard Lennox
Cite this article:  Lennox, R. (1987). Use of the dramaturgical metaphor in the measurement of self-monitoring. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 15(1), 111-114.


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Factor analyses of the self-monitoring scale consistently reveal an acting ability factor, which refers to performance in the sense of theatrical entertainment and may have little to do with self-presentation in real-life interactions. A set of social acting items having face validity for ability to modify self-presentation in everyday life is shown to have very little in common with stage acting items of Snyder's Self-Monitoring Scale. The results point to the necessity of distinguishing between contingent and noncontingent self-presentation.


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