Test instruments sorted
Contact person for the Open Test Archive
Gülay Karadere (Dipl.-Psych.)
Research Associate
guek@leibniz-psychology.org
SMSC
Fragebogen zum Verhalten in sozialen Situationen
Short abstract
The goal of the SMSC is to determine the degree of self-monitoring of a person. The SMSC is based on the English language version of Snyder (1974). The adaptation contains a total of 35 items divided into four subscales: (A) self-presentation in front of an audience (k = 11), (O) orientation towards others (k = 9), (S) sensitivity to expressive behavior and social cues (k = 8) and (E) extraversion (k = 7). Reliability: The internal consistency for the total scale was alpha = .65-.74. For the subscales, the results vary from alpha = .56 to alpha = .78. Validity: In order to assess the validity of the procedure, correlations from two samples with data on various criteria constructs such as social anxiety (Lueck, 1971), social uncertainty (Ullrich & Ullrich de Muynck, 1994), extraversion (FPI; Fahrenberg, Hampel & Selg, 1989), Machiavellianism (Cloetta, 1983; Henning & Six, 1977) and self-attention (Filipp & Freudenberg, 1989) were examined and confirmed.
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2019). Open Test Archive: SMSC. Fragebogen zum Verhalten in sozialen Situationen. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9001868
Citation
Collani, G. v. & Stürmer, S. (2009). SMSC. Fragebogen zum Verhalten in sozialen Situationen [Verfahrensdokumentation und Fragebogen]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4513
Short information
Short Name SMSC
English Name Self-Monitoring Scale - German modified version
Authors Collani, G. v., Stürmer, S.
Published in Test archive 2009
Copyright/Licence Copyright Authors; CC-BY-SA 4.0
Key words Impression Management, Self-Monitoring (Personality), Sensitivity (Personality), Social Behavior, Social Interaction, Extraversion
Language versions deu
Construct Self-Monitoring
Application age 17-79 years
Item number 35 items
Subscales (A) Acting, (O) Other directedness, (S) Sensitivity to the reactions of others, (E) Extraversion
Application Time approx. 5 min.
Interpretation time No information.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = .65-.74.
Findings on construct validity.
None; Reference data: Means and standard deviations.
Applications Research, Practice
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Collani, G. v. & Stürmer, S. (2003). Fragebogen zum Verhalten in Sozialen Situationen. Leipzig: Universität Leipzig, Institut für Allgemeine Psychologie. PSYNDEX Dok.-Nr. 9001868
Feedback form
Feedback on the use of a procedure from the Open Test Archive of the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) to the test author(s)
Contact information
Prof. Dr. Gernot von Collani, Emeritus, Universität Leipzig, Professur Sozialpsychologie, Seeburgstraße 14-20, D-04103 Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Stefan Stürmer, FernUniversität in Hagen, Institut für Psychologie, Sozialpsychologie, Universitätsstraße 33, D-58084 Hagen