Quantifying the Association of Self-Enhancement Bias With Self-Ratings of Personality and Life Satisfaction
Quantifying the Association of Self-Enhancement Bias With Self-Ratings of Personality and Life Satisfaction
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10.1177/1073191115590852
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Zimmermann, Johannes
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作者：
Leising, Daniel;Locke, Kenneth D.;Zimmermann, Johannes
Kwan、John、Kenny、Bond和Robins将自我提升概念化为将自我判断与他人的判断进行有利的比较。应用Kwan等人的修改版本。的行为观察数据的方法，我们表明，由此产生的自我增强偏见的措施是高度可靠的，预测自我评价的智力以及实际的智力，互动与项目的愿望在预测问卷项目的反应，也预测一般的生活满意度。然而，与先前的研究一致，当控制了自我增强偏见时，智力的自我评价并没有变得更加有效。我们还表明，像罗森博格自尊量表这样的常见人格量表至少与专门为此目的设计的量表一样强烈地反映了自我增强（即，社会期望量表）。讨论了这些发现与社会期望量表的有效性和实用性的相关性。
Kwan, John, Kenny, Bond, and Robins conceptualize self-enhancement as a favorable comparison of self-judgments with judgments of and by others. Applying a modified version of Kwan et al.'s approach to behavior observation data, we show that the resulting measure of self-enhancement bias is highly reliable, predicts self-ratings of intelligence as well as does actual intelligence, interacts with item desirability in predicting responses to questionnaire items, and also predicts general life satisfaction. Consistent with previous research, however, self-ratings of intelligence did not become more valid when controlling for self-enhancement bias. We also show that common personality scales like the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale reflect self-enhancement at least as strongly as do scales that were designed particularly for that purpose (i.e., social desirability scales). The relevance of these findings in regard to the validity and utility of social desirability scales is discussed.