Allen R H, Weinman M L, Lorimor R, Claghorn J L, McBee G, Justice B
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1979 Jul;167(7):437-41. doi: 10.1097/00005053-197907000-00007.
A sample of 58 male and 84 female new admissions to a psychiatric facility was interviewed to identify sex differences in personal and social functioning. Female subjects were found to score significantly higher on intrapsychic distress scales while male subjects scored higher on scales measuring antisocial behavior. Using analysis of covariance, keeping the L- or Lie scale of the MMPI constant, all measures which had previously shown significant sex differences now became nonsignificant. This finding suggests that reported sex differences may be accounted for by response bias.
对一家精神病治疗机构新收治的58名男性和84名女性患者进行了访谈，以确定个人和社交功能方面的性别差异。结果发现，女性受试者在内心困扰量表上的得分显著更高，而男性受试者在测量反社会行为的量表上得分更高。通过协方差分析，保持明尼苏达多项人格测验（MMPI）的L量表或说谎量表不变，所有先前显示出显著性别差异的测量结果现在都变得不显著了。这一发现表明，所报告的性别差异可能是由反应偏差造成的。
