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Two studies investigated the relationships between the two dimensions of Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss' Private Self-Consciousness Scale [1], namely, self-reflectiveness and internal-state awareness, and neuroticism, extraversion, and self-discrepancy. Study 1 focused on neuroticism and extraversion and Study 2 focused on discrepancies between different domains of the self. Self-reflectiveness was related positively with neuroticism and negatively with extraversion, whereas internal-state awareness showed the opposite pattern of relationships: It was related negatively with neuroticism and positively with extraversion. In addition, only self-reflectiveness, and not internal-state awareness, was associated with greater self-discrepancy. The importance of reconceptualizing self-consciousness and the need for a new scale for self-consciousness are discussed.Dispositional self-consciousness has been a central construct in the field of personality since Fenigstein, Scheier, and Buss developed the Self-Consciousness Scale [1]. The Self-Consciousness Scale was originally defined as consisting of three factors: private self-consciousness, public self-consciousness, and social anxiety. Until relatively recently, all research on self-consciousness has relied exclusively on the Self-Consciousness Scale as a measure of self-consciousness. However, in the past 10 years, researchers have begun to examine the internal and predictive validity of the Self-Consciousness Scale-especially its Private 21 Ó 2002, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.Note: AI = actual-ideal; AO = actual-ought. Within each dependent measure, means with different subscripts (a and b) are significantly different at p < .05.

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