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Individual differences in faking integrity tests.

Reagan D Brown1, Christopher M Cothern

  • 1Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green 42101, USA. reagan.brown@wku.edu

Psychological Reports
|January 18, 2003
PubMed
Summary

General cognitive ability influences success when attempting to "fake good" on overt integrity tests. Higher cognitive ability correlated with better performance when trying to appear more honest on the Reid Report.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Background:

  • Integrity tests are widely used in personnel selection.
  • Faking responses on integrity tests is a concern for validity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate individual differences related to faking success on integrity tests.
  • To determine if general cognitive ability predicts the ability to fake good.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the Reid Report (overt integrity test) twice to college students.
  • Students answered honestly on one test and attempted to "fake good" on the other.
  • Assessed general cognitive ability using Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices.

Main Results:

  • Integrity test scores were significantly higher when faking good.
  • General cognitive ability showed a weak positive correlation with faking success (r=.17).
  • Faking success was linked to cognitive ability on hypothetical scenario items, not admissions of past behavior.

Conclusions:

  • General cognitive ability is an individual difference factor associated with successful faking on overt integrity tests.
  • The ability to manipulate responses on hypothetical integrity test items may depend on cognitive capacity.

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