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Testing the incremental utility of the negative impression–positive impression differential in detecting simulated personality assessment inventory profiles
Author(s) -
Hopwood Christopher J.,
Talbert Christy A.,
Morey Leslie C.,
Rogers Richard
Publication year - 2008
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/jclp.20439
Subject(s) - psychology , impression , personality , logistic regression , personality assessment inventory , impression formation , clinical psychology , california psychological inventory , social psychology , statistics , perception , social perception , computer science , mathematics , neuroscience , world wide web
The usefulness of multiscale inventories depends on their ability to evaluate response styles effectively, such as fake‐bad (feigning) and fake‐good (defensiveness) profiles. The current investigation combined validity data across clinical, nonclinical, and simulating samples to evaluate the usefulness of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) negative impression (NIM)–positive impression (PIM) difference score to detect simulated profiles. In general, its effect sizes were not appreciably different from those afforded by NIM and PIM alone. Likewise, its incremental contributions in logistic regression were minimal. These results do not support the routine use of a NIM‐PIM difference score in detecting response styles with the PAI. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 64: 338–343, 2008.