名前の好みと既存の自尊心測度との関連 ¹, 2

In this study, we examined whether the name-liking measure, which measures the degree of liking of one’s own name, can be used as an indicator of implicit self-esteem in Japan. In six studies, 796 participants completed two self-esteem Implicit Association Tests (one IAT used general stimulus words, while the other used the participants’ own names as stimuli), the Rosenberg self-esteem scale, the Name-Letter Task (NLT), and name-liking measure. Meta-analysis showed that name-liking was positively correlated with the Rosenberg self-esteem scale and NLT but not significantly correlated with either of self-esteem IATs. The positive partial correlation between name-liking and NLT was also significant while controlling for the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. These results suggest that name-liking may measure a certain aspect of implicit self-esteem as well as explicit self-esteem.