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

Abstract

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.

Citation

Zachry, C. E., Phan, L. V., Blackie, L. E., & Jayawickreme, E. (2018). Situation-based contingencies underlying wisdom-content manifestations: examining intellectual humility in daily life. Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 73(8), 1404–1415. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby016

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 19, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 10, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 22, 2019
• Journal: Journals of Gerontology: Series B
• Print ISSN: 1079-5014
• Electronic ISSN: 1758-5368
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 73
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1404–1415
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby016
• Keywords: Intellectual humility; Within-person variability; Multilevel modeling; Density distribution approach
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/916102
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/73/8/1404/4883184
• Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journals of Gerontology: Series B following peer review. The version of record Corinne E Zachry, Le Vy Phan, Laura E R Blackie, Eranda Jayawickreme; Situation-Based Contingencies Underlying Wisdom-Content Manifestations: Examining Intellectual Humility in Daily Life, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, , gby016, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gby016 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/geronb/gby016/4883184