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Private self-consciousness, or the tendency of an individual to reflect on his or her thoughts, motivations, feelings, and other private aspects of the self has been extensively studied during the last decades. The aim of this research was to adapt the Rumination and Reflection Questionnaire to Brazilian university students, investigating its factorial and convergent validity. The original English version was translated to Portuguese and applied to 296 university students. The principal components analysis revealed two main components, corresponding to the proposed dimensions of rumination and reflection. Both scales showed a reliability index of 0,87. As expected, rumination correlated positively with neuroticism and negatively with self-esteem, and reflection correlated positively with openness to experience. In conclusion, the results obtained showed that the adapted instrument has satisfactory factorial and convergent validity, (and excelent reliability), suggesting that it can be used in future research. Keywords: self-consciousness; reflection; rumination; psychometry. |
