Supplemental Material for The Criterion-Related Validity of Personality Measures for Predicting GPA: A Meta-Analytic Validity Competition

2013 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Measures ◽  
Predicting Gpa ◽  
Analytic Validity

Effects of Targeted Self-Coaching on Applicant Distortion of Personality Measures

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Sliter ◽  
Neil D. Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Lie Detection ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Personality Measures ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
The Impact

The present study evaluated the impact of reading self-coaching book excerpts on success at faking a personality test. Participants (N = 207) completed an initial honest personality assessment and a subsequent assessment with faking instructions under one of the following self-coaching conditions: no coaching, chapters from a commercial book on how to fake preemployment personality scales, and personality coaching plus a chapter on avoiding lie-detection scales. Results showed that those receiving coaching materials had greater success in raising their personality scores, primarily on the traits that had been targeted in the chapters. In addition, those who read the chapter on avoiding lie-detection scales scored significantly lower on a popular impression management scale while simultaneously increasing their personality scores. Implications for the use of personality tests in personnel selection are discussed.

Optimism and College Grades: Predicting GPA From Explanatory Style

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viliyana Maleva ◽  
Kathryn Westcott ◽  
Mark McKellop ◽  
Ronald McLaughlin ◽  
David Widman
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Style ◽  
Predicting Gpa ◽  
College Grades
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