Self‐Construal Scales Lack Validity

By Timothy R. Levine, M. Bresnahan, Hee Sun Park, Maria Knight Lapinski, G. M. Wittenbaum, Sachiyo M. Shearman, Sun-Young Lee, Donghun Chung, Rie Ohashi. 2003

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Culture, Self-Construal, and Leisure Theory and Practice (2005, background): “In an earlier section we noted, for example, that Markus and Kitayama's (1991) original conceptualization may have been too broad, and, consequently, self-construal may have more than two dimensions (i.”
Implicit Theories and Self-Perceptions of Traitedness Across Cultures (2006, result): “…my self interest for the benefit of the group I am in.” Although controversy has emerged about the validity of self-construal scales (e.g., Kim & Raja, 2003; Levine et al., 2003), many cross-cultural studies have reported findings consistent with self-construal theory (Gudykunst & Lee, 2003).”
Assessing the Validity of Self Construal Scales: A Response to Levine et al. (2003, methodology): “Finally, Levine et al. (2003) claim that correlations do not provide strong evidence for the construct validity of self construal scales.”
From Culture To Priming Conditions (2008, background): “Recently, however, several articles (e.g., Brewer & Chen, 2007; Hardin, Leong, & Bhagwat, 2004; Levine et al., 2003) have indicated that besides the independent/relational self-representation dimension, the Singelis (1994) scale also includes factors (e.g., esteem for group, behavioral consistency,…”
Development of a New Measurement Tool for Individualism and Collectivism (2007, methodology): “…of familialism (Oyserman et al., 2002), the increasing number of critiques of the methodology used in cross-cultural research (Heine et al., 2002; Levine et al., 2003; Matsumoto, 1999; Voronov & Singer, 2002), and the alternative model of Freeman and Bordia (2001), who suggested a model that…”
Online Language: The Role of Culture in Self-Expression and Self-Construal on Facebook (2010, methodology): “The meta-analysis conducted by Levine et al. (2003) reached a similar substantive conclusion.”
Self-Construals Across Cultures (2008, background): “Finally, Levine et al. (2003) concluded from a metaanalysis of published self-construal research that “the data presented here demonstrate the serious and persistent flaws in existing self-construal scales . . . the intended two-factor measurement fails to fit the data, fails badly, and fails…”
The What, How, Why, and Where of Self-Construal (2011, methodology): “Levine et al. (2003) interpreted these results as supporting another explanation for the mixed results in the literature: that measures of self-construal are fundamentally flawed.”
Motivation, Gender, and Possible Selves (2013, methodology): “…(12 items) and interdependent (12 items) self-construals.1 While Gudykunst and Lee (2003) point to a range of studies using the scale that have delivered theoretically consistent findings, Levine et al. (2003) argue that, in the form of two orthogonal constructs, the SSCS lacks construct validity.”
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Scale Validation in Communication Research (2005, methodology): “Yet, subsequent research has shown data inconsistent with the measurement models proposed by each (see Bresnahan et al, 2005 ; Hunter, Gerbing & Boster, 1982 ; Levine et al, 2003 , Levine et al, 2004 ).”
Opposite Ends of the Same Stick? Multi-Method Test of the Dimensionality of Individualism and Collectivism (2014, background): “Second, a number of authors have questioned the validity and utility of IND-COL, mainly due to the ambiguity of the construct boundaries and scope (e.g., Kim & Sharkey, 1995; Levine et al., 2003; Voronov & Singer, 2002).”
The influence of interdependent self-construal on procedural fairness effects (2005, unknown): “The psychometric properties of the ISC measure have been a matter of some controversy (e.g., Grace & Cramer, 2003; Levine et al., 2003).”
Adapting Consumer Advertising Appeals to Cultural Values A Meta-Analytic Review of Effects on Persuasiveness and Ad Liking (2009, background): “Individualism-collectivism may be more closely related to important personality characteristics (e.g., self-schema; Markus & Kitayama, 1991; cf. Levine et al., 2003) than are other value dimensions such as high-low uncertainty avoidance and masculinity-femininity, perhaps refl ecting greater…”