Independent effects of personality and sex on self-estimated intelligence: evidence from Austria.
The effects of sex and personality traits on self-estimates of intelligence were examined in a sample of 302 Austrian adults (143 men, 159 women). Confirming previous research, men had higher self-estimates of logical and spatial abilities than did women, and these differences were partly explained in terms of women's higher Neuroticism scores. Neuroticism (negatively) and Openness (positively) accounted significantly for variances in self-estimates of spatial and logical intelligence. However, sex had stronger direct and indirect effects on self-estimates of intelligence. Sex and personality effects appear to be largely independent. Thus, being male, emotionally stable, and open to new experiences is likely to result in higher self-estimates of spatial and logical abilities.
Department of Basic Psychological Research School of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria. stefan.stieger@univie.ac.at
Stefan
S
Stieger
Cornelia K
CK
Kastner
Martin
M
Voracek
Sophie
S
von Stumm
Tomas
T
Chamorro-Premuzic
Adrian
A
Furnham
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001076:Aptitude; D001317:Austria; D002605:Character; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011340:Problem Solving; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D013028:Space Perception; D055815:Young Adult