Self-deception is an intricate psychological construct, grounded in relatively little empirical evidence as an in individual difference variable. The present research offers a direct test of one of the central scales of self-deception—the Self-Deception Enhancement (SDE) scale—by comparing explicit and implicit self-evaluations. Using the Affective Misattribution Procedure (AMP), participants (N = 150) reported about their implicit self-evaluation. These ratings were compared to explicit self-reports about self-evaluation. Results showed that higher self-deception was associated with a larger discrepancy between explicit and implicit self-evaluations. Specifically, higher self-deception was associated with a more positive explicit self-evaluation but with a more negative implicit self-evaluation. These findings offer one of the first direct tests of the SDE, supporting its viability.

自我欺骗是一种复杂的心理建构，其建立在相对较少的经验证据基础上（作为个体差异变量）。本研究通过比较显式和隐式自我评估，直接测试了自我欺骗的核心量表之一-自我欺骗增强（SDE）量表。使用情感错误归因程序（AMP），参与者（N = 150）报告了他们的内隐自我评估。将这些评分与关于自我评估的明确自我报告进行比较。结果表明，较高的自我欺骗与显性和隐性自我评价之间更大的差异相关。具体而言，更高的自我欺骗与更积极的显式自我评估相关，而与更消极的内隐自我评估相关。这些发现提供了SDE的首批直接测试之一，从而证明了其可行性。