Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life
Objectives: Existing assessments of intellectual humility (IH)—a key component of wisdom—do not examine its manifestation in daily life while sufficiently focusing on the core idea of the construct: owning up to one’s intellectual shortcomings. The present research sought to examine situational cont...
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| author | Zachry, Corinne E. Phan, Le Vy Blackie, Laura E.R. Jayawickreme, Eranda |
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| description | Objectives: Existing assessments of intellectual humility (IH)—a key component of wisdom—do not examine its manifestation in daily life while sufficiently focusing on the core idea of the construct: owning up to one’s intellectual shortcomings. The present research sought to examine situational contingencies underlying daily manifestations of IH-relevant characteristics. The State-Trait IH scale developed here is novel in that it both offers greater content validity and coverage of IH and provides a robust measure for assessing IH in a contextualized manner in daily life. Methods: We developed a trait version of the State-Trait IH Scale in two studies and subsequently examined daily manifestations of IH-relevant characteristics utilizing a contextualized state version of the State-Trait IH Scale in a 21-day experience sampling study. Here we tested how specific situational contingencies (associated with the context and the personality of the individual with whom participants engaged) influenced the manifestation of IH-relevant qualities. Results: We found strong evidence for the validity of both versions of the scale. Specifically, the state measure exhibited high within-person variability, and aggregated state assessments were strongly correlated with the trait measure. Additionally, morality positively predicted manifestation of IH, while disagreeableness negatively predicted manifestation of IH. Discussion: These results offer new directions for research on the expression of wisdom-related characteristics in daily life. |
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| spelling | nottingham-492622019-02-21T04:30:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49262/ Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life Zachry, Corinne E. Phan, Le Vy Blackie, Laura E.R. Jayawickreme, Eranda Objectives: Existing assessments of intellectual humility (IH)—a key component of wisdom—do not examine its manifestation in daily life while sufficiently focusing on the core idea of the construct: owning up to one’s intellectual shortcomings. The present research sought to examine situational contingencies underlying daily manifestations of IH-relevant characteristics. The State-Trait IH scale developed here is novel in that it both offers greater content validity and coverage of IH and provides a robust measure for assessing IH in a contextualized manner in daily life. Methods: We developed a trait version of the State-Trait IH Scale in two studies and subsequently examined daily manifestations of IH-relevant characteristics utilizing a contextualized state version of the State-Trait IH Scale in a 21-day experience sampling study. Here we tested how specific situational contingencies (associated with the context and the personality of the individual with whom participants engaged) influenced the manifestation of IH-relevant qualities. Results: We found strong evidence for the validity of both versions of the scale. Specifically, the state measure exhibited high within-person variability, and aggregated state assessments were strongly correlated with the trait measure. Additionally, morality positively predicted manifestation of IH, while disagreeableness negatively predicted manifestation of IH. Discussion: These results offer new directions for research on the expression of wisdom-related characteristics in daily life. Oxford University Press 2018-02-21 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49262/1/IH%20in%20Daily%20Life%20ACCEPTED.pdf Zachry, Corinne E., Phan, Le Vy, Blackie, Laura E.R. and Jayawickreme, Eranda (2018) Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life. Journals of Gerontology: Series B . ISSN 1758-5368 Intellectual humility; Within-person variability; Multilevel modeling; Density distribution approach https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/geronb/gby016/4883184 doi:10.1093/geronb/gby016 doi:10.1093/geronb/gby016 |
| spellingShingle | Intellectual humility; Within-person variability; Multilevel modeling; Density distribution approach Zachry, Corinne E. Phan, Le Vy Blackie, Laura E.R. Jayawickreme, Eranda Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title | Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title_full | Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title_fullStr | Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title_full_unstemmed | Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title_short | Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| title_sort | situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life |
| topic | Intellectual humility; Within-person variability; Multilevel modeling; Density distribution approach |
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