The Name Letter Test (NLT) assesses the degree that participants show a preference for an individual's own initials. The NLT was often thought to measure implicit self-esteem, but recent literature reviews do not equivocally support this hypothesis. Several authors have argued that the NLT is most strongly associated with the state component of self-esteem. The current research uses a modified STARTS model to (a) estimate the percentage of stable and transient components of the NLT and (b) estimate the covariances between stable/transient components of the NLT and stable/transient components of selfesteem and positive and negative affect. Two longitudinal studies were conducted with different time lags: In Study 1, participants were assessed daily for 7 consecutive days, whereas in Study 2, participants were assessed weekly for 8 consecutive weeks. Participants also completed a battery of questionnaires including global self-esteem, positive affect, and negative affect. In both studies, the NLT showed (a) high stability across time, (b) a high percentage of stable variance, (c) no significant covariance with stable and transient factors for global self-esteem, and (d) a different pattern of correlations with stable and transient factors of affect than global self-esteem. Collectively, these results further undermine the claim that the NLT is a valid measure of implicit self-esteem. Future work is needed to identify theoretically grounded correlates of the NLT.

State-Trait Decomposition of Name Letter Test Scores and Relationships With Global Self-Esteem / Perinelli, Enrico; Alessandri, Guido; Donnellan, M. Brent; Łaguna, Mariola. - In: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-3514. - STAMPA. - 114:6(2018), pp. 959-972. [10.1037/pspp0000125]

State-Trait Decomposition of Name Letter Test Scores and Relationships With Global Self-Esteem

Perinelli, Enrico;Alessandri, Guido;
2018-01-01

Abstract

The Name Letter Test (NLT) assesses the degree that participants show a preference for an individual's own initials. The NLT was often thought to measure implicit self-esteem, but recent literature reviews do not equivocally support this hypothesis. Several authors have argued that the NLT is most strongly associated with the state component of self-esteem. The current research uses a modified STARTS model to (a) estimate the percentage of stable and transient components of the NLT and (b) estimate the covariances between stable/transient components of the NLT and stable/transient components of selfesteem and positive and negative affect. Two longitudinal studies were conducted with different time lags: In Study 1, participants were assessed daily for 7 consecutive days, whereas in Study 2, participants were assessed weekly for 8 consecutive weeks. Participants also completed a battery of questionnaires including global self-esteem, positive affect, and negative affect. In both studies, the NLT showed (a) high stability across time, (b) a high percentage of stable variance, (c) no significant covariance with stable and transient factors for global self-esteem, and (d) a different pattern of correlations with stable and transient factors of affect than global self-esteem. Collectively, these results further undermine the claim that the NLT is a valid measure of implicit self-esteem. Future work is needed to identify theoretically grounded correlates of the NLT.
2018
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Perinelli, Enrico; Alessandri, Guido; Donnellan, M. Brent; Łaguna, Mariola
State-Trait Decomposition of Name Letter Test Scores and Relationships With Global Self-Esteem / Perinelli, Enrico; Alessandri, Guido; Donnellan, M. Brent; Łaguna, Mariola. - In: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-3514. - STAMPA. - 114:6(2018), pp. 959-972. [10.1037/pspp0000125]
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