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Clarifying the Content of Intellectual Humility: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework

  • Tenelle Porter
  • , Chayce R. Baldwin
  • , Michael T. Warren
  • , Elise D. Murray
  • , Kendall Cotton Bronk
  • , Marie J.C. Forgeard
  • , Nancy E. Snow
  • , Eranda Jayawickreme

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Abstract

During the last decade, intellectual humility has gone from a topic of philosophical inquiry to one of serious scientific investigation. It has been variously described as a remedy for political polarization, a tool for advancing scientific credibility, and a disposition that promotes learning. However, less attention has been paid to how intellectual humility has been defined and measured or how well psychologists’ definitions and measures align with one another or with philosophers’ accounts. Through a systematic review of empirical intellectual humility research, we identified 18 separate definitions and 20 measures including16 unique questionnaires. We then synthesized this research to advance a new framework of intellectual humility. Implications of this framework for measurement and future research on intellectual humility are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)573-585
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Personality Assessment
Volume104
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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