The use of scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to detect defensiveness in criminal and nonclinical samples was evaluated. Forty-five male inmates of a county jail and 38 male undergraduate psychology students were provided with incentives to complete the PAI under two conditions: standard instructions and experimental instructions to feign a specific, positive role. The sequence of instructions was counterbalanced in both samples for the purpose of examining ordering effects. A repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed, yielding significant main effects of condition, group and order. Additionally, a step-wise discriminant function analysis significantly predicted group membership (i.e., subjects under honest and faking conditions) with a hit rate = 84.4%. Finally, a more effective cutting score for the Positive Impression scale was recommended.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500994 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Cashel, Mary Louise |
| Contributors | Rogers, Richard, 1950-, Sewell, Kenneth W., Burke, Angela J. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 80 leaves: ill., Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Grayson County, United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Public, Cashel, Mary Louise, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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