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Abstract
The role that personal epistemological assumptions play in the construction and revision of self-identity was examined in three studies. Study 1 was an initial effort to develop and validate a scale to assess constructivist epistemic assumptions. As hypothesized, personal constructivist assumptions were associated with the use of an informational, scientific approach to identity issues. In Study 2, scores on a revised constructivist scale were found to be related to problem-focused personal coping and an informational orientation to identity. In addition to replicating this finding, the results of Study 3 revealed that constructivist epistemological assumptions were associated with contextual and organismic worldviews. The results are discussed in terms of a social-cognitive process view of self-construction.
