Self-assessed intelligence, personality, and psychometric intelligence: preliminary validation of a model with a selected student population

Abstract

In the current study, self-assessed intelligence (SAI) is presented as a multidimensionalconstruct related both to personality and to psychometric intelligence. Onthe basis of data obtained from a Russian student sample (N = 496), the authorsvalidate a structural model in which SAI acts as a mediating variable between latentvariables of measured IQ and the trait of acceptance of uncertainty. Evidencefor signifi cant gender diff erences in SAI in favor of men is also given.

Keywords

• psychometric intelligence
• self-assessed intelligence
• gender diff erences
• acceptance of uncertainty.