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Abstract
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In this study there are large and significant differences between self ratings in personality traits and ratings indicating preferences for those traits. The differences occur whether the preferences refer to the presence of the traits in the self or in others. There are few significant differences, according to ratings, between preferences for traits in the self and in others. There are positive relationships between self ratings and preferences when the traits are considered from the standpoint of temperament. Both introversion and inferiority attitudes are undesirable, according to all sets of ratings indicating preferences. According to ratings, introversion and the inferiority attitude are negatively correlated with the possession of socially approved traits. There are as a rule, no significant relations between either measure of temperament and preferences for socially approved traits. Sex similarities are far more striking than sex differences. The only statistically significant differences brought out by direct comparison are differences in standards as indicated by preferences, rather than in traits as indicated by self ratings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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