Intelligence–personality associations reconsidered: The importance of distinguishing between general and narrow dimensions of intelligence

The relationship between intelligence and personality has been of scientific interest for over 100 years. However, most contemporary estimates of these relationships are limited because they do not separate the variance due to general and narrow cognitive abilities. This study demonstrates that this...

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Published inIntelligence (Norwood) Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 387 - 402
Main Authors Reeve, Charlie L., Meyer, Rustin D., Bonaccio, Silvia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Orlando, FL Elsevier Inc 01.07.2006
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects
Association (Psychology)
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition. Intelligence
Cognitive abilities
Cognitive Ability
Correlation
Correlation analysis
Error of Measurement
Evaluation Research
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Intellectual and cognitive abilities
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Intelligence–personality associations
Item Analysis
Multidimensional Scaling
Personality
Personality traits
Personality. Affectivity
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Research Methodology
Personality
Intelligence
Intelligence–personality associations
Cognitive abilities
Human
Cognitive ability
Cognition
Intelligence-personality associations
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Summary:The relationship between intelligence and personality has been of scientific interest for over 100 years. However, most contemporary estimates of these relationships are limited because they do not separate the variance due to general and narrow cognitive abilities. This study demonstrates that this methodological oversight can distort estimates of intelligence–personality associations by masking true effects and falsely showing others. To test this proposition, we examine correlations between several personality and ability scales, and then repeat the analyses using latent modeling techniques where variance due to general intelligence ( g) and narrow mental abilities is appropriately separated. Our results show that estimates of specific intelligence–personality associations based on observed test scores can be both erroneously inflated or deflated.
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ISSN:0160-2896
1873-7935
DOI:10.1016/j.intell.2005.11.001