Underestimating the effects of faking on the validity of self-report personality scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 311-321

  Holden, Ronald R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effect size; Faking; Moderator; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248880989     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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