Self-concept Clarity's Role in Self-Other Agreement and the Accuracy of Behavioral Prediction

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The current set of studies investigated whether undergraduates with greater self-concept clarity also demonstrated greater accuracy based on self-other agreement and behavioral prediction. Study 1 demonstrated a positive association between self-concept clarity and target-informant agreement for a set of observable traits. Study 2 explored the association of self-concept clarity with target-informant agreement for the Big Five personality traits, a set of behaviors related to personality, and a set of everyday activities. Study 3 related self-concept clarity to a behavioral measure of accuracy by comparing participants' predicted and subsequent observed behavior on a laboratory task. As hypothesized, those with greater self-concept clarity showed greater self-other agreement on personality traits, behavioral descriptions of personality, and accuracy of predicted behavior.View full textDownload full textKeywordsSelf-concept, Personality, Interpersonal understanding, Behavior, AccuracyRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2010.512133