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Exp Aging Res. 1981 Summer;7(2):159-68. doi: 10.1080/03610738108259798.
In this study, 235 community residents, ranging in age from 60 to 91 years, were administered a 31 scale semantic differential referring to the concept, "What I Really Am". The construct validity of similar self-concept instruments has been investigated through factor analysis, but the dimensionality of such scales with a gerontological population remains unresolved and hampers related research. Therefore, a principal factor solution was conducted and four factors accounting for 48.2% of the total variance were rotated to their varimax position. The first factor, representing 30.8% of the variance, suggested an Adjustment/Esteem factor. The second, accounting for an additional 7.5% of variance, represented an Achievement/Intellectual Capacity factor. Factor III appeared as an Emotional/Physical Stability factor (5.7%) and Factor IV, a Sociability/Congeniality factor (4.8%). The last two factors were extremely suggestive of Eysenck's personality dichotomy. Thus, the measure may reflect both stable personality dimensions as well as more reactive domains.
在本研究中，对235名年龄在60至91岁之间的社区居民进行了一项关于“真实的我”这一概念的31量表语义差异测试。类似的自我概念工具的结构效度已通过因素分析进行了研究，但此类量表在老年人群中的维度问题仍未解决，这阻碍了相关研究。因此，进行了主因素分析，并将占总方差48.2%的四个因素旋转至其最大方差位置。第一个因素占方差的30.8%，表明是一个调整/自尊因素。第二个因素占额外的7.5%的方差，代表一个成就/智力能力因素。第三个因素表现为情绪/身体稳定性因素（5.7%），第四个因素是社交性/友善因素（4.8%）。最后两个因素极具艾森克人格二分法的暗示性。因此，该测量方法可能既反映了稳定的人格维度，也反映了更具反应性的领域。
