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- Title
Detection of Dissimulation with the New Generation of Objective Personality Measures.
- Authors
Bagby, R. Michael; Gillis, J. Roy; Dickens, Susan
- Abstract
This study investigated the effectiveness of two recently developed measures of psychopathology — the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II) (MCMI-II) in detecting dissimulation (i.e., faking good and faking bad). Both personality measures have developed special ‘validity scales’ to discern dissimulating responses. Ninety-one undergraduate students completed the two personality scales under one of three instructional sets: fake good, fake bad, and honest. In general, the results indicated that both scales were effective in distinguishing the groups from one another. The MCMI-II was better at detecting fake bad responding, while the BPI appeared to be more effective in detecting fake good responding. These differences in identifying fake good and fake bad response styles can be attributed to the method in which the scales were constructed.
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL psychology; PERSONALITY tests; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCALING (Social sciences); PERSONALITY assessment; PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS; CLINICAL psychology
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1990, Vol 8, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.2370080111