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Criterion validity is maintained when items are evaluatively neutralized: Evidence from a full scale FFM-inventory

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Summary, in English

The original version and an evaluatively neutralized version (with items rephrased to reduce popularity) of a personality inventory were compared. The results revealed A) Similar criterion validity across three different sets of self-rated behaviors, B) Stronger relations to the rated social desirability of criteria for the original version, and C) Less correlation between factors for the neutralized version (replicating Bäckström, Björklund & Larsson, 2009). We take the results to indicate that evaluative neutralization is a viable technique for reducing social desirability in self-ratings. Implications for test construction are discussed.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

620-633

Publication/Series

European Journal of Personality

Volume

28

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • Big Five
  • personality
  • self-ratings
  • social desirability
  • criterion validity

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1099-0984