自我监控理论评价

Snyder（1974）提出自我监控来解释自我呈现中的个体差异。他认为高自我监控者具有三个特征：关注行为的适宜性，对情境线索敏感，并以此作为行为调节的指南。以此为基础编制出一个25项目的自我监控量表。但随后的研究发现该量表测量到的与自我监控构念之间存在差距。为此，Lennox和Wolfe（1984）发展了修订版自我监控量表，Gangestad和Snyder（1985）把25项目自我监控量表精减成18项目，LiFeng等（1998）编制出中国版自我监控量表，但这些自我监控量表同样存在缺陷。该研究指出：其根源在于Snyder（1974）对自我监控的构念存在缺陷。

An Appraisal of the Self-monitoirng Theory

Snyder(1974)developed self-monitoring to interpret the individual differences in facial expression and self-presentation. High self-monitors are characterized by their concern for the situational appropriateness of their behaviors, sensitivity to the cues of situations, and their using them to guide their self-presentation behavior. Snyder developed a 25-item self-monitoring scale on the basis of this conception. But subsequent researches found there were gaps between the conception of self-monitoring and the self-monitoring scale. So Lennox & Wolfe(1984) revised the self-monitoring scale, Gangestad & Snyder(1985) reduced the 25 items of the self-monitoring scale to 18 items and Li Feng(1998)constructed a Chinese self-monitoring scale. Researchers found that all of the scales had some shortcomings. The root cause lies in the inadequacy of the conceptualization of self-monitoring.