Abstract
This study investigated the relation between personality factors, as measured by the Swedish version of the NEO-FFI questionnaire,
and the realism in older adults’ (aged 60–93 years, n = 1,384) probability confidence judgements of their answers to general knowledge questions. The results showed very small
effect sizes for the contribution of the personality variables to the fit between the proportion correct answers and the level
of one’s confidence judgements. Although personality differed somewhat within the age span studied and between the genders
no differences were found in the relation between the dimensions of the NEO-FFI and the degree of realism in the confidence
judgements as a function of age or gender. In total, the results show a significant but very small effect of personality on
the realism in older adults’ confidence judgements of their semantic knowledge.
and the realism in older adults’ (aged 60–93 years, n = 1,384) probability confidence judgements of their answers to general knowledge questions. The results showed very small
effect sizes for the contribution of the personality variables to the fit between the proportion correct answers and the level
of one’s confidence judgements. Although personality differed somewhat within the age span studied and between the genders
no differences were found in the relation between the dimensions of the NEO-FFI and the degree of realism in the confidence
judgements as a function of age or gender. In total, the results show a significant but very small effect of personality on
the realism in older adults’ confidence judgements of their semantic knowledge.
- Content Type Journal Article
- DOI 10.1007/s10433-010-0164-2
- Authors
- Mats Dahl, Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
- Carl Martin Allwood, Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Mikael Rennemark, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
- Bo Hagberg, Blekinge Institute for Research and Development, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Journal European Journal of Ageing
- Online ISSN 1613-9380
- Print ISSN 1613-9372