Predicting academic success with the big 5 rated from different points of view: Self-rated, other rated and faked

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Self-ratings of personality predict academic success above general intelligence. The present study replicated these findings and investigated the increment of other-ratings or intentionally distorted self-ratings. Participants (N=145) had to compile a personality questionnaire twice. First they were given neutral instructions. The second time they were asked to imagine a specific applicant setting. Furthermore, two peers rated each participant. Additionally, verbal, numerical and figural reasoning scores were obtained. Grades on a statistics exam obtained 2 months later served as the criterion. Results replicated prior findings and showed incremental validity for self- and other-rated personality, which was stable after controlling for intelligence. Faking had no impact on the domain-score level, but results on the facet-score level were less encouraging.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Personality
Volume24
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)341-355
Number of pages15
ISSN0890-2070
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Publication statusPublished - 06.2010

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  • Management studies - abilities and aptitudes, achivement, learning and memory, educational psychology, personality scales and inventories, specific aptidude theory, faking

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