CAT-PD and MMPI-3 Validity Scales Detect Simulated Overreporting and Underreporting.
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| Title: | CAT-PD and MMPI-3 Validity Scales Detect Simulated Overreporting and Underreporting. |
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| Authors: | Tartak, Omeed (AUTHOR), Emery, Leah T. (AUTHOR), Simms, Leonard J. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Personality Assessment. Jul/Aug2025, Vol. 107 Issue 4, p530-541. 12p. |
| Subjects: | Receiver operating characteristic curves, Psychological tests, Test validity, Personality disorders, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Computer adaptive testing |
| Abstract: | Individuals can sway legal, medical, employment, or other decisions by dishonestly self-reporting on psychological tests. Accordingly, the Comprehensive Assessment of Traits relevant to Personality Disorder (CAT-PD) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3) include validity scales to detect overreporting and underreporting. Although many studies have empirically tested the validity scales of the MMPI-2 and the MMPI-2-RF, fewer have done so with the updated MMPI-3, and none with the CAT-PD. Therefore, in the present study, a simulation design was conducted to determine how successfully the CAT-PD and MMPI-3 validity scales would discriminate between credible responders and noncredible responders (i.e., overreporters and underreporters). Undergraduates and crowd-sourced adults (Total N = 484) were randomly assigned to respond honestly, overreport, or underreport while completing the MMPI-3 and the CAT-PD. Relative to honest responders, overreporters and underreporters significantly increased their respective validity scale scores (Cohen's d range = 1.04 - d = 4.87); they also significantly biased their substantive scale profiles. Moreover, CAT-PD validity scales demonstrated convergent and discriminant validity with MMPI-3 validity scales and similar classification accuracy estimates via receiver operating characteristic curves. These results suggest that, within a nonclinical simulation design, CAT-PD and MMPI-3 validity scales both effectively detect noncredible responding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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