Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, LLC, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2024 Nov-Dec;106(6):819-831. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2326893. Epub 2024 Mar 19.
Self-report assessments are the standard for personality measurement, but motivated respondents are able to manipulate or fake their responses to typical Likert scale self-report. Although progress has been made in research seeking to reduce faking, most of it has focused on normative personality traits such as those measured by the five factor model. The measurement of socially aversive personality (e.g., the Dark Triad) is less well-researched. The negative aspects of socially aversive traits increase the opportunity and motivation of respondents to fake typical single-stimulus self-report assessments underscoring the need for faking resistant response formats. A possible way to reduce faking that has been explored in basic personality research is the use of the forced-choice response format. This study applied this method to socially aversive traits and illustrated best practices to create new multidimensional forced-choice and single-stimulus measures of socially aversive personality traits. Results indicated that participants were able to artificially alter their scores when asked to respond like an ideal job applicant, and counter to expectations, the forced-choice format did not decrease faking. Our results indicate that even when best practices are followed, forced-choice format is not a panacea for respondent faking.
自陈评估是人格测量的标准，但有动机的被试能够操纵或伪造他们对典型李克特量表自陈的反应。尽管在试图减少伪造的研究方面已经取得了进展，但大多数研究都集中在规范的人格特质上，如五因素模型所测量的特质。对社会厌恶人格（例如，黑暗三人格）的测量研究较少。社会厌恶特质的负面方面增加了被试伪造典型单一刺激自陈评估的机会和动机，这突显了需要使用抗伪造的反应格式。在基础人格研究中探索的一种可能的减少伪造的方法是使用强制选择反应格式。本研究将这种方法应用于社会厌恶特质，并说明了创建新的多维强制选择和单一刺激社会厌恶人格特质测量的最佳实践。结果表明，当被要求像理想的求职者一样回答问题时，参与者能够人为地改变他们的分数，而且与预期相反，强制选择格式并没有减少伪造。我们的结果表明，即使遵循了最佳实践，强制选择格式也不是应对被试伪造的万能良药。
