Construct and Predictive Validity of an Assessment Game to Measure Honesty-Humility

Area of Science:

• Psychological assessment
• Human-computer interaction
• Personality psychology

Background:

• Commercial computer games reveal links between player behavior and personality.
• The potential of games for personality assessment remains largely untapped.
• Existing personality assessments often rely on self-reports, which can be subject to biases.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate an applied (serious) assessment game for measuring the Honesty-Humility personality trait.
• To evaluate the convergent and divergent validity of the assessment game.
• To assess the incremental validity of the game in predicting specific behaviors.

Main Methods:

• Development of a serious assessment game designed to measure Honesty-Humility.
• Two studies involving participants (N=116 and N=287) to validate the game.
• Statistical analyses including convergent validity, divergent validity, and incremental validity assessments.

Main Results:

• The assessment game demonstrated adequate measurement of the Honesty-Humility trait.
• Convergent validity was shown with self-reported Honesty-Humility, and divergent validity with other HEXACO traits and cognitive ability.
• The game showed incremental validity in predicting cheating for financial gain, but not other unethical behaviors.

Conclusions:

• Serious assessment games are promising tools for personality measurement in applied contexts.
• The developed game effectively assesses Honesty-Humility, offering an alternative to traditional self-report measures.
• Further research can explore the application of assessment games for other personality traits and behaviors.