The first research hypothesis was to examine whether a positive relationship existed between cognitive adaptation processes and self-consistency. This relationship was tested via the Pearson’s product moment correlation on the total scores of the CAPS and the SCS, resulting in a positive, moderately strong correlation,
.65 (p < .01). The first research hypothesis was supported. To further describe the effect of cognitive adaptation
processes on self-consistency, a regression analysis using the least square criterion was performed. The result of
R2 = .48 indicated that cognitive adaptation processes accounted for 48% of the variance in self-consistency, suggesting that the cognitive adaptation is a significant predictor of self-consistency The second research hypothesis was to test whether some cognitive processes contributed more than others to the maintenance of self-consistency in the sample. Discriminant analysis was performed. A median split (87) was selected
as a cutoff score in which Group 1 referred to those who scored 87 and below on the SCS, and Group 2 included
those who scored 88 and above on the SCS. The classification rate of corrected cases was 78.2%, an acceptable
value for discriminant analysis.The analysis revealed that three cognitive processes (clear focus and method, knowing awareness, and selfperception)significantly contributed to distinguishing the two groups of respondents,with chi-square of 36.97 (p