Intrapersonal curiosity: Inquisitiveness about the inner self |
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Authors: | Jordan A. Litman Oliver C. Robinson James D. Demetre |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute for Human &2. Machine Cognition, Ocala, FL, USA;3. Department of Psychology, Social Work &4. Counseling, University of Greenwich, London, UK |
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Abstract: | Intrapersonal Curiosity (InC) involves inquisitively introspecting to better understand one’s inner self. A pool of 39 face-valid InC items was administered to 1005 participants, along with other curiosity, personality, self-awareness, self-regulation, and psychological well-being scales. Three InC factors with good model fit were identified, from which four-item (α ≥ .89) subscales were developed: “Understanding one’s Emotions and Motives,” “Reflecting On one’s Past,” and “Exploring one’s Identity and Purpose.” InC correlated positively with other measures of curiosity, evidencing convergence; weak correlations to conceptually unrelated constructs demonstrated divergence. Higher InC scores corresponded to perceptions of having less available self-knowledge, heightened sensitivity to others’ expressions, a greater tendency to privately introspect, increased distress, and more concern about how to best cope with worry over self-relevant threats. |
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Keywords: | Curiosity Intrapersonal knowledge introspection self-concept self-knowledge |
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