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

Autor: Terry B. Pinsoneault
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 18:255-273
ISSN: 1573-3505
0882-2689
DOI: 10.1007/bf02229048
Popis: Develops two validity scales for the Jesness Inventory using a rational approach: a fake-good scale, Lie (L); and a fake-bad scale, Overt Symptomatology (OS). Effectiveness was assessed using 293 male delinquents classified as fake-good, fake-bad, or honest based on a matched-pair MMPI-A. L was moderately effective in detecting the fake-good set, and OS tentatively effective in detecting the fake-bad set. Both correlated well with their MMPI-A counterparts. Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive power, negative predictive power, and overall effectiveness data were reported. The L scale and OS scale were related to race but differences were less than 1 raw score point. L was unrelated to age. OS was related to age, with younger children showing more willingness to admit to symptomatology. Age-based modified T-score norms were developed for the newly constructed scales using 1142 male and 360 female delinquents. ages 13–18.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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