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

Abstract

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. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Interaction Effects between Openness and Fluid Intelligence Predicting Scholastic Performance

“…However, other studies reported no or even positive effects [43][44][45][46]. For Extraversion, a positive correlation with performance was reported in elementary school but became negative when kids grew older [47][48][49]. This might be due to the two components of Extraversion: Ambition (referring to the need for dominance) and Sociability (referring to the need for affiliation).…”

“…Another explanation could be that within the field of intelligence research, very elaborate models have been developed, including different intelligence facets: verbal, numerical, and figural reasoning abilities [87]. According to Brunswik's lens model [88], symmetry between predictor and criterion could increase correlations (see also [49,89]). Future studies should therefore strive to apply broad measures of Gf in Chinese contexts.…”

“…Second, our findings rely on self-reported data. Prior research has shown that other reports are incremental predictors of academic performance above and beyond intelligence [49] and self-reports [90]. The sole reliance on self-reports should be opened up in future studies by using other reports as well.…”

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