Abstract
The study was designed to investigate the relationship between selective and self concept. The relationship between self concept and the D score; the relationship of locus of control and self concept; the correlation between the D score and self acceptance were also evaluated. The subjects in this project were 231 student volunteers from Educational Psychology classes at Texas A&M University. The research procedures allowed the subjects to work at their own pace on a test booklet. This booklet contained the Self Rating Scale, Rotter's Locus of Control Inventory and the Self Report Scale, as well as, a selective exposure paradigm. The results of this project suggest that a difference in self concept seems to exist between male and female subjects. For females as the difference in their self and ideal self images decreases their level of self acceptance increases. While for males self acceptance appears to be related to their locus of control. In conjunction with these findings the results of this project indicate a significant difference in the locus of control scores between males and females. However, self concept does not appear to be related to locus of control for either sex. Even so, self concept appears to be related to the D score. Finally, self concept does not appear to be related to the degree of resolution in the selective exposure paradigm. However, the research methodology employed in this project may not have been able to induce the subjects to feel a sense of responsibility and commitment for their actions. Previous research has indicated that it is this sense of commitment and responsibility which is essential to the creation of selective exposure (Frey & Wickland, 1978).
Price, John Stephen (1986). Selective exposure as a function of self-affirmation. Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -605300.