Assessing Satisfaction with Differentiation of Self Through Circle Drawing (SFI): Development and Initial Validation of a Self-Report Instrument

Ora Peleg; Meirav Idan Biton

Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2015

Assessing Satisfaction with Differentiation of Self Through Circle Drawing (SFI): Development and Initial Validation of a Self-Report Instrument

Ora Peleg, Meirav Idan Biton

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The research aimed to build and validate an inventory of satisfaction with differentiation of self through circle drawing (SFI). It comprised two studies. Using a sample of 393 college students, Study 1 examined the psychometric properties of the SFI, assessing its associations with differentiation of self (DSI-R) and with self-efficacy. Results provided good reliability and partial construct validity for the inventory. In Study 2, using a sample of 300 college students, we again validated the SFI, this time vis-&amp;amp;agrave;-vis the DSI-R and family differentiation (DIFS). We also examined its associations with health anxiety and adjustment to college. Results yielded significant high correlations between the SFI and three of the DSI-R subscales (emotional reactivity, emotional cutoff and fusion with others), and between it and differentiation with mother and father (DIFS), as well as health anxiety, indicating that this instrument is reliable and valid.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>