Use of subtle and obvious scales to detect faking on the MCMI-II.
Subtle and obvious MCMI-II items were identified using ratings of item subtlety by 103 college students. Another group of 304 students completed the MCMI-II under instructions to answer honestly or to fake their appearance. An index of differential endorsement of subtle and obvious items (S-O) was significantly correlated with the Desirability and Debasement validity scales. S-O was about as successful as the three MCMI-II validity scales in discriminating between subjects who answer honestly and who fake their appearance. Although S-O is related to the MCMI-II validity scales, it appears to add to the ability of these scales to identify subjects who attempt to fake their profile.
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Department of Psychology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881, USA.
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