2023-02-022023-02-021987198820241538https://hdl.handle.net/10657/13782This study examined the moderating effect of private self-consciousness in influencing behavioral and affective responses in an achievement situation. Predictions were derived from the Carver-Scheier (1981a) theory of self-directed attention. Fifty undergraduate females were pretested on the Self-Consciousness Scale and randomly assigned to four information conditions in a 2 x 2 (Outcome Expectancy x Outcome Attribution) factorial design. Private self-consciousness was modeled as a continuous variable to investigate its interaction with the treatments. With a confederate, subjects attempted four trials of a digit-cancellation task. Previously reported results for behavioral outcome were not replicated. However, the predicted three-way interaction did materialize for affective reactions to self (ps = .05 and .02) and to the confederate (p = .06). Results are discussed in terms of a reconciliation of the Carver-Scheier and Hull-Levy (1979) models of cognitive processes associated with private self-consciousness.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Self-perceptionSelf-consciousness (Awareness)Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)Achievement motivationThesisreformatted digital