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Some implications of lie scale scores in real‐life selection
Author(s) -
ELLIOTT A. G. P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1981.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , personality , test (biology) , variety (cybernetics) , personality test , scale (ratio) , interpretation (philosophy) , social psychology , distortion (music) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , test validity , statistics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , computer science , paleontology , physics , amplifier , computer network , bandwidth (computing) , quantum mechanics , biology , programming language
Several studies, simulated and actual, have found that job applicants return higher scores on distortion scales in personality questionnaires than similar people who are not undergoing selection; this has been attributed to motivation. This study examines the test results of more than 700 male and female subjects in a variety of real‐life selection programmes. It concludes that distortion is related to the stress of the circumstances in which testing takes place, and suggests a modified interpretation of the role of lie scales.