On Knowing Who You Want to Become: Validating a Measure of Aspirational Self-Clarity

= 129). Results show the ASC is a functionally unidimensional, stable measure that is positively associated with other aspects of self-clarity, self-confidence, and self-development. The ASC exhibited incremental validity beyond other forms of self-clarity with respect to growth orientation and sense of purpose, and a purpose-articulation intervention significantly boosted ASC scores, showing that aspirational self-clarity can operate as a state as well as a trait. Results support the value of the ASC and its connection to (and distinctiveness from) other aspects of self-clarity.