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[Assessment of individual differences in faking]
Pere Joan Ferrando Piera1, Cristina Anguiano Carrasco
1Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain. perejoan.ferrando@urv.net
Psicothema
|November 4, 2011
Summary
This study introduces a new method to assess individual differences in response to pressure during personality assessments. The approach models change as an individual parameter, offering insights into faking behavior.
Area of Science:
- Psychological assessment
- Psychometrics
- Personality research
Context:
- Operationalizing faking in assessments is crucial.
- Change scores under neutral vs. faking-inducing conditions are common.
- Individual differences under pressure remain under-explored.
Purpose:
- To propose a rigorous approach for assessing individual differences in response to pressure.
- To develop a method based on classic test theory.
- To derive three indices for measuring faking-related change.
Summary:
- A pre-test post-test design with a control group is utilized.
- The approach models the amount of change as an individual parameter.
- Applied to an empirical personality study, yielding initial results.
Impact:
- Provides a novel framework for analyzing faking in psychological testing.
- Offers a method to rigorously evaluate individual response variability under simulated pressure.
- Contributes to a better understanding of response distortion in personality assessments.
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