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Date of Award
1998
Document Type
Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Department
Educational and Counseling Psychology
First Advisor
Stephen Trotter
First Committee Member
Dennis Brennan
Second Committee Member
Linda Webster
Third Committee Member
David Richwerger
Abstract
The present study, conducted during the Fall 1996 and Spring 1997 academic terms, investigated the susceptibility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2$\sp{\rm nd}$ Edition (MMPI-2) to fake good behavior. The MMPI-2 was administered to a sample population of 114 teacher education students at a private California university. Administrations were in two sessions a minimum of four to six weeks apart, including one in which the subjects were instructed to respond honestly and another in which they were instructed to fake good. A questionnaire inquiring as to their veracity on each administration was also collected. The null hypotheses were that (1) there would be no statistically significant differences between standard and fake-good clinical scale scores in the subject population, (2) there would be no correlation between MMPI-2 validity indices and the degree of MMPI-2 clinical scale elevation from standard to fake-good conditions, (3) MMPI-2 scales would not be susceptible to fake-good behavior, and (4) there would be no correlation between a subject's perceived ability to fake good and their v actual fake-good performance. Each of the null hypotheses was rejected. Findings indicated that K (Consistency) corrected clinical scales on the MMPI-2, and to a lesser degree non-K corrected scales, were significantly susceptible to fake good behavior. The L (Lie) and K validity scales, however, were found to consistently detect the fake good behavior. Richwerger's (1989) results were generally confirmed, and recommendations for practical application of the instrument were addressed.
Pages
94
ISBN
9780591913606 , 0591913607
Recommended Citation
Maloney, Elizabeth R.. (1998). Faking good on the MMPI-2: A quantitative study. University of the Pacific, Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2593
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