%0 Journal Article
%T Self¨COther Agreement in Personality Reports: A Meta
%A Brian S. Connelly
%A Hyunji Kim
%A Stefano I. Di Domenico
%J Psychological Science
%@ 1467-9280
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0956797618810000
%X Self-report questionnaires are the most commonly used personality assessment despite longstanding concerns that self-report responses may be distorted by self-protecting motives and response biases. In a large-scale meta-analysis (N = 33,033; k = 152 samples), we compared the means of self- and informant reports of the same target¡¯s Big Five personality traits to examine the discrepancies in two rating sources and whether people see themselves more positively than they are seen by others. Inconsistent with a general self-enhancement effect, results showed that self-report means generally did not differ from informant-report means (average ¦Ä = £¿.038). Moderate mean differences were found only when we compared self-reports with stranger reports, suggesting that people are critical of unacquainted targets. We discuss implications of these findings for personality assessment and other fields in which self-enhancement motives are relevant
%K accuracy
%K Big Five
%K meta-analysis
%K self-enhancement
%K self-report
%K informant report
%K open data
%K open materials
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797618810000