Exploring how response distortion of personality measures affects individuals

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 622-628

  Stewart, Greg L ^a   Darnold, Todd C ^b   Zimmerman, Ryan D ^c   Parks, Laura ^d   Dustin, Susan L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Faking; Personality testing; Personnel selection; Response distortion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955049648     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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