TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-report based general factor of personality as socially desirable responding, positive self-evaluation, and social effectiveness.
AU - Dunkel, Curtis S
AU - van der Linden, Dimitri
AU - Brown, Nicolas A.
AU - Mathes, Eugene W.
PY - 2016/4
Y1 - 2016/4
N2 - We tested the contribution of three potential sources of variance in self-reported based General Factor of Personality (GFP) scores, namely socially-desirable response bias, positive self-evaluation, and social-effectiveness. Measures of socially-desirable response bias, positive self-evaluation, along with a rater-based measure of social effectiveness were used to predict three separate self-report based GFPs and a composite GFP based upon the three measures. Regression analyses and relative weight analyses showed that each of the potential sources of variance played a role in the GFP, with social effectiveness often explaining the largest proportion of variance. The results add to our understanding of the GFP and suggest that a proper view is that variance in self-report GFPs has at least three interrelated facets.
AB - We tested the contribution of three potential sources of variance in self-reported based General Factor of Personality (GFP) scores, namely socially-desirable response bias, positive self-evaluation, and social-effectiveness. Measures of socially-desirable response bias, positive self-evaluation, along with a rater-based measure of social effectiveness were used to predict three separate self-report based GFPs and a composite GFP based upon the three measures. Regression analyses and relative weight analyses showed that each of the potential sources of variance played a role in the GFP, with social effectiveness often explaining the largest proportion of variance. The results add to our understanding of the GFP and suggest that a proper view is that variance in self-report GFPs has at least three interrelated facets.
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.034
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.034
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 92
SP - 143
EP - 147
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -