Abstract

Our objective was to compare individuals’ ability to intentionally make a positive impression when responding to a Five-Factor Model personality measure under adjective vs. statement and forced choice vs. Likert conditions. Participants were 1,798 high school students who were randomly assigned to either a condition receiving normal instructions or instructions to make a positive impression. We compared the groups’ scores and validity estimates under the various conditions. Although impression management occurred on all item types, participants could more easily manipulate their responses to Likert items vs. forced choice items, and statements vs. adjectives. Item type made little difference in terms of convergent and discriminant validity and criterion-related validity for all outcomes but one, ACT scores, which suggests cognitive ability plays a role in impression management ability.

摘要

我们的目标是比较在形容词与陈述，强迫选择与李克特条件下，对五因素模式人格测评做出回应时，个人故意产生积极印象的能力。参与者是1,798名高中生，他们被随机分配到接受正常指导或给予正面印象的指导条件下。我们比较了各种条件下各组的分数和有效性估计。尽管印象管理适用于所有项目类型，但参与者可以更轻松地操纵他们对李克特项目与强制选择项目，陈述与形容词的反应。项目类型在所有结果的收敛性和判别效度以及与标准相关的效度方面差异不大，但其中一项是ACT得分，