title: A combined rationally-empirically developed Variable Response Scale for detecting the random response set in the Jesness Inventory.
abstract: A Variable-Response Scale (VR) was developed for detecting randomness in the Jesness Inventory. Item pairs addressing similar content areas were identified. Pairs which showed endorsement frequencies of 5% or less in the scale development sample (250 males, 250 females) were included. Effectiveness was assessed by comparing 250 all-random and 250 part-random computer-generated protocols with those of honest subjects from a sample of 293 male delinquents classified as honest or not honest based on a matched-pair MMPI-A. VR was found to be very effective. Sensitivity, specificity, and other statistics were reported. Race differences were significant but very small. Younger children showed more inconsistency than older children. Age-based modified t-score norms were developed (1138 male, 358 female delinquents, ages 13-18).
authors.affiliation: Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Diagnostic Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Pinsoneault
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000465:Algorithms; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D044469:Racial Groups; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012718:Set, Psychology