Florissant Psychological Services.
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Psychol Assess. 2014 Sep;26(3):1044-9. doi: 10.1037/pas0000013. Epub 2014 Jun 30.
Positive response distortion is common in the high-demand context of employment selection. This study examined positive response distortion, in the form of underreporting, on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF). Police officer job applicants completed the MMPI-2-RF under high-demand and low-demand conditions, once during the preemployment psychological evaluation and once without contingencies after completing the police academy. Demand-related score elevations were evident on the Uncommon Virtues (L-r) and Adjustment Validity (K-r) scales. Underreporting was evident on the Higher-Order scales Emotional/Internalizing Dysfunction and Behavioral/Externalizing Dysfunction; 5 of 9 Restructured Clinical scales; 6 of 9 Internalizing scales; 3 of 4 Externalizing scales; and 3 of 5 Personality Psychopathology 5 scales. Regression analyses indicated that L-r predicted demand-related underreporting on behavioral/externalizing scales, and K-r predicted underreporting on emotional/internalizing scales. Select scales of the MMPI-2-RF are differentially associated with different types of underreporting among police officer applicants.
积极反应扭曲在就业选拔的高需求环境中很常见。本研究考察了明尼苏达多相人格测验-2 修订版（MMPI-2-RF）中以少报形式出现的积极反应扭曲。警察求职者在高需求和低需求条件下完成 MMPI-2-RF，一次是在入职前心理评估期间，一次是在完成警察学院后无任何附加条件。在罕见美德（L-r）和适应效度（K-r）量表上可以明显看到与需求相关的分数升高。少报现象明显出现在高阶量表情绪/内在障碍和行为/外在障碍；5 个重构临床量表；9 个内在量表中的 6 个；4 个外在量表中的 3 个；以及 5 个人格心理病理学量表中的 3 个。回归分析表明，L-r 预测了行为/外在量表上与需求相关的少报，而 K-r 预测了情绪/内在量表上的少报。MMPI-2-RF 的某些量表与警察求职者的不同类型的少报相关。
