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  title info:
    title: Factors that influence the susceptibility of self-report inventories to distortion
    sub title: a meta-analytic investigation
  name:
    name part: Stanush, Pamela Lee.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 189 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: The primary objective of the present study was to investigate
  abstract: the susceptibility of self-report inventories to both
  abstract: positive and negative distortion. Meta-analysis procedures
  abstract: were used to quantitatively summarize relevant literature and
  abstract: to demonstrate whether hypothesized moderator variables
  abstract: influenced the fakability of identified self-report
  abstract: inventories. A total of 126 articles with 270 independent
  abstract: data points were analyzed. Results indicated that across
  abstract: both positive and negative distortion, the overall effect of
  abstract: distortion on self-report inventories was fairly large (5 =
  abstract: .64; SDS = .67). The large standard deviation provided
  abstract: sufficient evidence to conduct moderator analyses.
  abstract: Hypothesized moderator variables included variables related
  abstract: to item characteristics, the test-taking situation,
  abstract: methodological variables, and individual differences.
  abstract: Instructionally-induced distortion resulted in much larger
  abstract: mean inventory scores and reduced criterion validity compared
  abstract: to honest responding on self-report inventories indicating
  abstract: that respondents can effectively distort responses when
  abstract: instructed and the distortion appears to have negative
  abstract: consequences for the predictive capability of the inventory.
  abstract: Real-life motivational distortion resulted in small mean
  abstract: differences compared to honest responding suggesting that the
  abstract: distortion of self-report inventories in applied settings may
  abstract: not be a major concern. The present study also found that
  abstract: the use of warning instructions in applied settings may be a
  abstract: very effective method of reducing response distortion on
  abstract: self-report inventories. Type of design used and specificity
  abstract: of instructional sets were two methodological variables which
  abstract: seemed to moderate the amount of distortion occurring on
  abstract: self-report inventories. However, the hypothesized effects
  abstract: of two other instructional set characteristics (i.e.,
  abstract: positivity and overtness of instructions) were not supported.
  abstract: Conclusions, unfortunately, could not be made about several
  abstract: proposed moderating variables (e.g., item subtlety and
  abstract: verifiability, intelligence) due to insufficient data.
  abstract: Implications of the findings for researchers and
  abstract: practitioners are discussed.
  note: by Pamela Lee Stanush.
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major Subject: Psychology".
  note: Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc.
  note: Includes bibliographical references: pages 152-172.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 1997.
  subject:
    topic: Major psychology
  identifier: 97-29278 UMI
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    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 971125
    record change date: 20190325093448.0
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