title: Know thyself: real-world behavioral correlates of self-appraisal accuracy.
abstract: Accurate appraisal of one's own abilities is one metacognitive skill considered to be an important factor affecting learning and behavior in childhood. The present study measured self-appraisal accuracy in children using tasks of executive function, and investigated relations between self-appraisal and informant ratings of real-world behaviors measured by the BRIEF. We examined self-appraisal accuracy on fluency tasks in 91 children ages 10-17. More accurate self-appraisal was correlated with fewer informant ratings of real-world behavior problems in inhibition and shifting, independent of actual performance. Findings suggest that self-appraisal represents cognitive processes that are at least partially independent of other functions putatively dependent on the frontal lobes, and these self-appraisal-specific processes have unique implications for optimal daily function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Casey.Krueger@BaylorHealth.edu
authors.forename: Casey E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: Howard J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: H Gerry
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Kimberly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Espy
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schatz
authors.forename: Celiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rey-Casserly
authors.forename: Joel H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kramer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology