Effect of Response Distortion on the Assessment of Divergent Facets of Psychopathy

Autor/in	Edens, John F.
Titel	Effect of Response Distortion on the Assessment of Divergent Facets of Psychopathy
Quelle	In: Assessment, 11 (2004) 1, S.109-112 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191103261474
Schlagwörter	Psychopathology; Response Style (Tests); Personality Measures; Psychometrics; Psychological Studies; Scores; College Students; Rating Scales; Measures (Individuals); Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychopathologie; Antwortverhalten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Collegestudent; Rating-Skala; Messdaten
Abstract	Recent evidence suggests that the Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) is composed of two orthogonal factors, one representing traits such as dominance and low anxiety (PPI-I) and a second that reflects more socially deviant aspects of psychopathy (PPI-II). To assess whether response sets differentially affect these factors, the present research reanalyzed data from two dissimulation studies in which college students completed the PPI both honestly and with instructions either to "fake good" (n = 186) or "fake bad" (n = 143). PPI-II scores decreased significantly in the fake-good condition (d = .86) and increased significantly when faking bad (d = 2.65). PPI-I scores were unaffected by attempts to feign serious psychopathology (d = .10) and actually increased in the fake-good condition (d = .53). These findings significantly qualify previous conclusions about the effect of response distortion on the PPI. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10