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Self-concept clarity is the extent a person feels they have a clear and coherent sense and perception of who they are.

Self-Concept Clarity

Reference for The Self-Concept Clarity Scale 

This scale is used to measure self-concept, the following statements are ranked on a Likert 7-point scale:

- My beliefs about myself often conflict with one another.
- On one day I might have one opinion of myself and on another day I might have a different opinion.
- I spend a lot of time wondering about what kind of person I really am.
- Sometimes I feel that I am not really the person that I appear to be.
- When I think about the kind of person I have been in the past, I'm not sure what I was really like.
- I seldom experience conflict between the different aspects of my personality.
- Sometimes I think I know other people better than I know myself. 
- My beliefs about myself seem to change very frequently.
- If I were asked to describe my personality, my description might end up being different from one day to another day.
- Even if I wanted to, I don't think I could tell someone what I'm really like.
- In general, I have a clear sense of who I am and what I am.
- It is often hard for me to make up my mind about things because I don't really know what I want.

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