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Self‐Liking and Self‐Competence Separate Self‐Evaluation From Self‐Deception: Associations With Personality, Ability, and Achievement
Author(s) -
Mar Raymond A.,
DeYoung Colin G.,
Higgins Daniel M.,
Peterson Jordan B.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00402.x
Subject(s) - psychology , self deception , personality , competence (human resources) , deception , self , self esteem , social psychology , self concept , self evaluation , developmental psychology , applied psychology
The similarities between measures of self‐evaluation and self‐deception are reviewed, and a method for discriminating between them is proposed, using personality profiles and relations to ability and achievement. Across two samples, the Rosenberg Self‐Esteem Scale (RSES) and Tafarodi's measures of self‐evaluation were used to demonstrate that the RSES and Self‐Liking are more similar to Self‐Deceptive Enhancement than is self‐competence. Further, Self‐Competence is uniquely associated with cognitive ability and both academic and creative achievement. It is concluded that, along with self‐liking, self‐competence is a useful form of self‐evaluation that should be measured and taken into account in research that has traditionally focused on self‐esteem.