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  • Title: Self-liking and self-competence separate self-evaluation from self-deception: associations with personality, ability, and achievement.
    Author: Mar RA, DeYoung CG, Higgins DM, Peterson JB.
    Journal: J Pers; 2006 Aug; 74(4):1047-78. PubMed ID: 16787428.
    Abstract:
    The similarities between measures of self-evaluation and self-deception are reviewed, and a method for discriminating between them is proposed, using personality profiles and relations to ability and achievement. Across two samples, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Tafarodi's measures of self-evaluation were used to demonstrate that the RSES and Self-Liking are more similar to Self-Deceptive Enhancement than is self-competence. Further, Self-Competence is uniquely associated with cognitive ability and both academic and creative achievement. It is concluded that, along with self-liking, self-competence is a useful form of self-evaluation that should be measured and taken into account in research that has traditionally focused on self-esteem.
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