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A FURTHER STUDY OF RESPONSE SET AND THE EYSENCK PERSONALITY INVENTORY (EPI)
Author(s) -
Stones M. J.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197701)33:1+<147::aid-jclp2270330130>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - eysenck personality questionnaire , psychology , scale (ratio) , personality , set (abstract data type) , reliability (semiconductor) , personality assessment inventory , clinical psychology , psychometrics , personality test , test validity , big five personality traits , social psychology , extraversion and introversion , cartography , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language , geography
The aims of the investigation were to draw attention to systematic scale score discrepancies between Forms A and B of the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), to suggest that these discrepancies might be mediated by acquiesence response set (ARS), and to provide reliability estimates for ARS and lie scale scores. Evidence relevant to all three intentions was obtained from a student group and a group of psychiatric patients. The predicted discrepancies between scale scores were obtained. The ARS measure derived from the E scale was found to be reliable, and ARS measures from both the E and L scales were found to obtain significantly different values across forms. Practical suggestions were made with regard to the utilization of an individual form of the EPI.