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Egoistic and moralistic bias in real-life inventory responses

Laura HonkaniemiTaru Feldt

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Psychometricsmedia_common.quotation_subjectPersonalityIn real lifePersonality researchPsychologyCompetence (human resources)Social psychologyGeneral PsychologySocial desirabilitymedia_common

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Response-faking tendencies can be divided into moralistic and egoistic bias according to the contents of the issue faked (Paulhus & John, 1998). Our hypothesis was that in a work-related selection context faking would occur on the egoistic sub-scales, as these are related to competence and talent, which are issues relevant in selection. To minimize the amount of conscious faking, half of 466 real-life applicants were warned about the presence of a socially desirable responding sub-scale in the Personality Research Form (PRF). Half of the respondents (control group) received standard instructions. Of all the PRF sub-scales, only the ones measuring either egoistic or moralistic traits were studied. The hypothesis was not supported: the warning affected not only some of the egoistic sub-scales, but also some of the moralistic sub-scales.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-09-01Personality and Individual Differences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2008.04.018