Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Nat Hum Behav. 2019 Aug;3(8):867-884. doi: 10.1038/s41562-019-0644-0. Epub 2019 Jul 22.
Despite the popularity of the Ancient Greek maxim 'know thyself', the importance of self-insight for adjustment, or effective psychological functioning, remains unclear. Here we examined four perspectives about how cognitive and emotional abilities and self-views about these abilities relate to adjustment. We administered tests of cognitive and emotional abilities and assessed self-views about these abilities. Participants then completed daily diaries for a week to report multiple self-reported indicators of adjustment. We analysed data using polynomial regression and response surface analysis. We found no support for benefits of self-insight. The conditions to infer support for linear or curvilinear associations between abilities or self-views about these abilities and adjustment were also not met. The findings suggest that giving employees and students feedback about their cognitive and emotional abilities in organizations and in schools may not enhance their adjustment. We discuss the limitations of our study and offer suggestions for future research. PROTOCOL REGISTRATION: The stage 1 protocol for this Registered Report was accepted in principle on 21 June 2018. The protocol, as accepted by the journal, can be found at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4283567.v1 .
尽管古希腊格言“认识你自己”广受欢迎，但自我洞察对于调整或有效心理功能的重要性仍不清楚。在这里，我们研究了关于认知和情绪能力以及关于这些能力的自我看法如何与调整相关的四个观点。我们进行了认知和情绪能力测试，并评估了这些能力的自我看法。然后，参与者完成了一周的日常日记，以报告多个自我报告的调整指标。我们使用多项式回归和响应面分析来分析数据。我们没有发现自我洞察有益的证据。也没有满足在能力或关于这些能力的自我看法之间推断线性或曲线关系的条件。研究结果表明，在组织和学校中向员工和学生提供有关其认知和情绪能力的反馈可能不会增强他们的适应能力。我们讨论了我们研究的局限性，并为未来的研究提供了建议。协议注册：该注册报告的第 1 阶段协议于 2018 年 6 月 21 日原则上被接受。该协议可在 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4283567.v1 找到，该协议被该期刊接受。
