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This research was supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant ROl-MH42427 to David Funder. We are grateful for the comments of Dianne Nilsen and Daniel Ozer, and members of the Riverside Accuracy Project (Melinda Blackman, Carl Sneed, Jana Spain, and Leslie Wiehl).
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Comparing the Accuracy of Personality Judgments by the Self and Knowledgeable Others
Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00513.x
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Kolar, D. W., Funder, D. C. and Colvin, C. R. (1996), Comparing the Accuracy of Personality Judgments by the Self and Knowledgeable Others. Journal of Personality, 64: 311–337. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1996.tb00513.x
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- Article first published online: 28 APR 2006
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ABSTRACT In this article we compare the accuracy of personality judgments by the self and by knowledgeable others. Self- and acquaintance judgments of general personality attributes were used to predict general, videotaped behavioral criteria. Results slightly favored the predictive validity of personality judgments made by single acquaintances over self-judgments, and significantly favored the aggregated personality judgments of two acquaintances over self-judgments. These findings imply that the most valid source for personality judgments that are relevant to patterns of overt behavior may not be self-reports but the consensus of the judgment of the community of one's peers.