A generalizability analysis of score consistency for the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-104

  Vispoel, Walter P ^a   Tao, Shuqin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Department of the Data Recognition Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BIDR; Generalizability theory; Reliability; Socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCED INVENTORY OF DESIRABLE RESPONDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZABILITY THEORY; HUMAN; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT SUBSCALE SCORE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF DECEPTION ENHANCEMENT SUBSCALE SCORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875355678     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029061     Document Type: Article

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