Swanson H R, Weary G
The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
J Pers Assess. 1982 Aug;46(4):350-8. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4604_4.
One week subsequent to taking a projective test of personality, subjects high or low in chronic self-esteem rated the extent to which positively- or negatively-toned, bogus personality interpretations described their personalities. Half of these subjects were led to believe that the interpretations they received were based on their projective test responses. Remaining subjects rated the self-applicability of "sample" personality interpretations described as unrelated to their previous testing. Results indicated that both favorable and unfavorable interpretations purportedly based on projective test responses were regarded as accurate descriptions of subjects' personalities. However, "sample" interpretations unrelated to prior testing were accepted as significantly more accurate descriptions when consistent than when inconsistent with subjects' self-evaluations. The results are interpreted as illustrating the operation of constraints inherent in most personality assessment 'situations on self-consistency motivations.
在进行人格投射测试一周后，慢性自尊水平高或低的受试者对带有积极或消极色彩的虚假人格解读在多大程度上描述了他们的人格进行了评分。这些受试者中有一半被引导相信他们收到的解读是基于他们的投射测试反应。其余受试者对被描述为与他们之前的测试无关的“样本”人格解读的自我适用性进行了评分。结果表明，据称基于投射测试反应的有利和不利解读都被视为对受试者人格的准确描述。然而，与先前测试无关的“样本”解读在与受试者的自我评估一致时比不一致时被认为是明显更准确的描述。这些结果被解释为说明了大多数人格评估情境中固有的对自我一致性动机的限制作用。
