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Estimates of Self, Parental, and Partner Multiple Intelligence and their Relationship with Personality, Values, and Demographic Variables: A Study in Britain and France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Viren Swami ,
Adrian Furnham  and
Susan Zilkha
Viren Swami*
Affiliation:
University of Westminster (UK)
Adrian Furnham
Affiliation:
University College London (UK)
Susan Zilkha
Affiliation:
University College London (UK)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Viren Swami, Department of Psychology, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, (UK). E-mail: virenswami@hotmail.com
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Abstract

In the present study, 151 British and 151 French participants estimated their own, their parents' and their partner's overall intelligence and 13 ‘multiple intelligences.’ In accordance with previous studies, men rated themselves as higher on almost all measures of intelligence, but there were few cross-national differences. There were also important sex differences in ratings of parental and partner intelligence. Participants generally believed they were more intelligent than their parents but not their partners. Regressions indicated that participants believed verbal, logical-mathematical, and spatial intelligence to be the main predictors of intelligence. Regressions also showed that participants' Big Five personality scores (in particular, Extraversion and Openness), but not values or beliefs about intelligence and intelligences tests, were good predictors of intelligence. Results were discussed in terms of the influence of gender-role stereotypes.

En el presente estudio, 151 participantes británicos y 151 franceses estimaron su propia inteligencia global y 13 “inteligencias múltiples”, así como de sus padres y parejas. En concordancia con estudios previos, los varones se asignaban puntuaciones más altas en casi todas las medidas de inteligencia, pero había pocas diferencias trasnacionales. También había importantes diferencias por el sexo en las estimaciones de inteligencia de los padres y de la pareja. Los participantes creían, en general, que eran más inteligentes que sus padres pero no de sus parejas. Las regresiones indicaron que los participantes creían que la inteligencia lógico-matemática y la inteligencia espacial eran los predictores principales de la inteligencia. Las regresiones también mostraron que las puntuaciones de los participantes en los rasgos de personalidad Big Five (en particular, Extraversión y Apertura), pero no en valores o en creencias acerca de la inteligencia o de las pruebas de inteligencia, eran buenos predictores de la inteligencia. Se comentan los resultados en términos de la influencia de los estereotipos género-rol.

Keywords

self-estimatesintelligencecross-nationalpersonalityauto-estimacionesinteligenciatrasnacionalpersonalidad
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , November 2009 , pp. 528 - 539
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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