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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2020. Vol. 28, no. 4, 35–58
doi:10.17759/cpp.2020280403
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Questionnaire for Assessing the Self-Change Potential of a Person

 
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Abstract

The paper presents the development of the Self-Change Potential questionnaire. The validation of the questionnaire was conducted in three steps. Within the first series of studies (N=248) the structure of the questionnaire was defined, the consistency of the resulting scales was checked and certain items were corrected. The construct validity of the modified version of the questionnaire was tested within the second series of studies (N=569). At the final stage (N=36) test-retest reliability was checked. The obtained Cronbach’s α coefficients (0,64—0,8) for all scales of the questionnaire and the sum score demonstrated its satisfactory consistency. All items had significant correlations with the sum score (р<0,0001). To test the construct validity we used the Change Response Styles Questionnaire, the Portrait Value Questionnaire (revised version), the Style of Conscious Self-Regulation of the Behavior Questionnaire, and the Self-Efficacy Scale. Correlations with these measures confirmed the construct validity of the questionnaire. The Self-Change Potential Questionnaire can be used for assessing a person’s ability for self-changes on the various levels of mental organization, which could be consciously initiated and actualized.

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Keywords: self-processes, self-change, self-change potential, assessment of self-change potential, personality

Journal rubric: Testing and Validating Instruments

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280403

Funding. The reported study was funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), project no.18-013-00703 “Potential of self-modification as a factor of human existence in the changing world”.

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to Yulia V. Kozlova for her assistance in data collection.

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For citation: Manukyan, V.R., Murtazina, I.R., Grishina, N.V. (2020). Questionnaire for Assessing the Self-Change Potential of a Person. Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(4), 35–58. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280403

© Manukyan V.R., Murtazina I.R., Grishina N.V., 2020

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Viktoriya R. Manukyan, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Developmental Psychology and Differential Psychology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4200-8935, e-mail: v.manukjan@spbu.ru

Inna R. Murtazina, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Department of Developmental Psychology and Differential Psychology, Saint Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-4376, e-mail: i.r.myrtazina@spbu.ru

Nataliya V. Grishina, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Department of Personality Psychology, Saint-Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6763-7389, e-mail: n.v.grishina@spbu.ru

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