Neuroticism explains unwanted variance in Implicit Association Tests of personality: possible evidence for an affective valence confound.

ABSTRACT: Meta-analytic data highlight the value of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) as an indirect measure of personality. Based on evidence suggesting that confounding factors such as cognitive abilities contribute to the IAT effect, this study provides a first investigation of whether basic personality traits explain unwanted variance in the IAT. In a gender-balanced sample of 204 volunteers, the Big-Five dimensions were assessed via self-report, peer-report, and IAT. By means of structural equation modeling (SEM), latent Big-Five personality factors (based on self- and peer-report) were estimated and their predictive value for unwanted variance in the IAT was examined. In a first analysis, unwanted variance was defined in the sense of method-specific variance which may result from differences

SUBMITTER: Fleischhauer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3786234 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature