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Peer reviewedKroger, Rolf O.; Turnbull, William – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
The hypothesis was tested that subjects fake personality tests by enacting a specific social role, rather than by responding in terms of personality constructs, and that such role faking cannot be detected by validity scales. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Predictive Validity, Reliability, Research Projects
Peer reviewedGottfredson, Don M., Ed. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1983
Examines the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Megargee typology) as a valid classification system in correctional decision making in a series of six articles. Most results urge caution in the use of the Megargee typology, finding poor test validity and test-retest reliability. (WAS)
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Position Papers
Edinger, Jack D.; Vosk, Barbara N. – 1983
Of the many short forms of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) that have been developed, the MMPI-168 is among the most promising. To determine whether clinical judgments based on the MMPI-168 are comparable to judgments based on the standard MMPI, 30 clinical psychologists participated in a randomized block, repeated treatment…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Interrater Reliability, Personality Measures
