Effects of Self-enhancement on Agreement on Personality Profiles

被引:65
作者
Borkenau, Peter [1 ]
Zaltauskas, Katrin [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Halle Wittenberg, Dept Psychol, D-06099 Halle, Germany
关键词
self-enhancement; socially desirable responding; personality profiles; self-other agreement; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SCALES; CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY; NATIONAL CHARACTER; OTHER AGREEMENT; INVENTORY; RELIABILITY; CONSISTENCY; SIMILARITY; NARCISSISM; SUBSTANCE;
D O I
10.1002/per.707
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Effects of self-enhancement and socially desirable responding (SDR) on rater agreement for personality profiles were studied in 304 students. Dyads of participants described themselves and their peer on the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) that measures 30 facets of personality. In addition, participants filled in six scales measuring self-enhancement or SDR. Data analyses focussed on moderator and suppressor effects of SDR on the similarity between self-reported and other reported NEO-PI-R profiles. Three kinds of profile agreement were distinguished: (a) normative agreement; (b) distinctive agreement and (c) profile normativeness, that is, how strongly a self-reported personality profile resembled the average profile of all participants. There were no moderator or suppressor effects on distinctive agreement, but SDR predicted profile normativeness quite strongly. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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