title: Self-liking and self-competence separate self-evaluation from self-deception: associations with personality, ability, and achievement.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada. raymond@psych.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Raymond A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Mar
authors.forename: Colin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: DeYoung
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: Jordan B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires