Motivational Distortion Scales for the Children's Personality Questionnaire

Canivez, Gary L.; Prichard, Karen K.

doi:10.1080/07481756.1990.12022907

Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development

1989

DOI: 10.1080/07481756.1990.12022907

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Motivational Distortion Scales for the Children's Personality Questionnaire

Gary L. Canivez

Karen K. Prichard

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“…In recent years this problem of response sets has again gained prominence as an important issue in the assessment of personality and psychopathology (Bagby, Gillis, & Dickens, 1990;Canivez & Prichard, 1989;Lanning, 1989). Commonly used and highly regarded instruments such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher et al, 1989), the Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire (16PF; Cattell, Eber, & Tatsuoka, 1970), the Millon years, SD ϭ 1.05).…”

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A combined rationally-empirically developed variable response scale for detecting the random response set in the Jesness inventory

Pinsoneault

1997

J. Clin. Psychol.

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A Variable-Response Scale (VR) was developed for detecting randomness in the Jesness Inventory. Item pairs addressing similar content areas were identified. Pairs which showed endorsement frequencies of 5% or less in the scale development sample (250 males, 250 females) were included. Effectiveness was assessed by comparing 250 all-random and 250 part-random computer-generated protocols with those of honest subjects from a sample of 293 male delinquents classified as honest or not honest based on a matched-pair MMPI-A. VR was found to be very effective. Sensitivity, specificity, and other statistics were reported. Race differences were significant but very small. Younger children showed more inconsistency than older children. Age-based modified t-score norms were developed (1138 male, 358 female delinquents, ages 13-18).

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A combined rationally-empirically developed variable response scale for detecting the random response set in the Jesness inventory

Pinsoneault

1997

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Rationally developed fake-good and fake-bad scales for the Jesness Inventory

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1996

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Correcting for Motivational Distortion on Selected Adolescent Self-Report Personality Tests

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Wallbrown

1996

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

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The purpose of this study was to correct for motivational distortion (MD) on the High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) and to evaluate the effectiveness of the HSPQ MD scale in identifying test-takers who had “faked good.” Subjects included 193 adolescent males who were given either the standard test instructions or else instructed to fake good. The participants completed the HSPQ and three additional scales that measure response distortions. Data analysis showed that the HSPQ MD scale correctly classified 63% of the respondents, yet showed the least effect size in comparison to the other scales. A multivariate analysis of variance and subsequent univariate analyses indicated that eight personality factors were susceptible to motivational distortion. Correction procedures were effective in reducing the effects of faking good. The relevance of the findings are discussed in terms of theoretical formulations by Cattell (1968, 1973, 1986) and implications for school psychologists.

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Motivational Distortion Scales for the Children's Personality Questionnaire

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

A combined rationally-empirically developed variable response scale for detecting the random response set in the Jesness inventory

A combined rationally-empirically developed variable response scale for detecting the random response set in the Jesness inventory

Rationally developed fake-good and fake-bad scales for the Jesness Inventory

Correcting for Motivational Distortion on Selected Adolescent Self-Report Personality Tests

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