Article
Psychology, Social
Justin R. Feeney, Richard D. Goffin, Shadi Beshai
Summary: Evidence suggests that a large percentage of job applicants fake their responses on personality tests, which undermines the value and validity of these tests in the selection process. Although faking warnings have been shown to be effective in reducing faking, our study found that new faking warnings leveraging accountability and morality theory were ineffective.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Jessica Roehner, Ronald R. Holden
Summary: The study found that the congruence model of faking is challenged when applied to short scales without warning participants.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Xiaoxiao Hu, Yujie Zhan, William P. Jimenez, Rebecca Garden, Yi Li
Summary: Research on surface acting in workplace interactions has shown that employees' faking positive emotions with leaders is linked to employee withdrawal, while male employees' suppression of negative emotions is positively associated with leaders' communication satisfaction and subsequent task performance ratings. However, these effects were not found for female employees.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mattis Geiger, Romy Baerwaldt, Oliver Wilhelm
Summary: The study found that faking ability is significantly correlated with other socio-emotional abilities, with individual differences best explained by a general factor that has a large correlation with receptive socio-emotional abilities.
JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Hairong Li, Jinyan Fan, Guoxiang Zhao, Minghui Wang, Lu Zheng, Hui Meng, Qingxiong (Derek) Weng, Yanping Liu, Filip Lievens
Summary: This study focuses on the role of emotions in personnel selection and faking research, finding that guilt, fear, and anger play different roles in personality tests, affecting personality score accuracy and perceived test fairness.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Adrian Hoffmann, Birk Diedenhofen, Sascha Muller
Summary: Overclaiming questionnaires (OCQs) are a promising method for assessing individual self-enhancement tendencies, but their utility is influenced by the fit between the content and context.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Tianyun Liu, Diqun Yan, Nan Yan, Gang Chen
Summary: Fake-quality audio detection, specifically in the context of stereo-faked audio, is an important field in digital audio forensics. This study proposes an anti-forensic framework based on generative adversarial network to expose the weaknesses of stereo-faking detectors. By generating fake stereo audio using a mono audio, the researchers demonstrate that detection accuracy can significantly decrease while the false acceptance rate increases.
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Philippe Goldammer, Peter Lucas Stockli, Yannik Andrea Escher, Hubert Annen, Klaus Jonas
Summary: Indirect indices for faking detection in questionnaires use a respondent's deviant or unlikely response pattern to identify them as a faker, offering advantages over direct faking indices. This study compared the performance of different indirect faking detection indices and found that the Likert-type item response process tree model, proportion of desirable scale endpoint responses, and covariance index performed the best. Using indirect indices in combination resulted in comparable or better detection rates than direct faking measures. Some effective indirect indices had minimal correlation with substantive scales, making them useful for detecting faking without losing substance. Researchers are encouraged to use indirect indices for detecting faking in their data.
EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Mathematical
Jessica Roehner, Ronald R. Holden, Astrid Schuetz
Summary: This study investigates the fakability of implicit association tests (IATs) and proposes several indices to detect faking. Through reanalyzing a large dataset, the study finds that faking strategies depend on the direction of faking and not all strategies are successful. It is recommended to combine multiple indices for more accurate detection of faking.
BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Martin Seitl, Elif Manuoglu, Tomas Kram
Summary: Although employee faking or intentional response distortion is a critical concern in workplaces, the reasons behind this behavior are not well understood. This study investigates the influence of personal integrity and perceived competition on faking, based on signaling theory. Findings indicate that perceived competition moderates the link between impression management and personal integrity. Individuals with lower reliability and moral sense, exposed to competition-inducing instructions, showed significantly higher levels of impression management. The managerial implications of these findings were discussed.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Business
Joseph A. Schmidt, Joshua S. Bourdage, Eden-Raye Lukacik, Patrick D. Dunlop
Summary: This study investigates applicant impression management (IM) behavior in self-reported skills and experience assessments and finds that applicants often change their responses to these questions across multiple job applications, influenced by contextual factors.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Applied
Andrew B. B. Speer, Lauren J. J. Wegmeyer, Andrew P. P. Tenbrink, Angie Y. Y. Delacruz, Neil D. D. Christiansen, Rouan M. M. Salim
Summary: Forced-choice (FC) personality assessments have shown potential in mitigating the effects of faking. The present study conducted meta-analyses to compare the psychometric properties of FC and single-stimulus (SS) assessments and found that FC scores exhibit stronger correlations between matched FC and SS assessments. However, faking weakened the correlations, with FC measures showing greater validity than SS measures in faking contexts. Overall, FC measures provide meaningful benefits over SS measures in situations of faking.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Cultural Studies
Whitney Monaghan
Summary: Through LGBTIQ+ coming out stories, teen texts negotiate authenticity, queer identity, and challenge traditional notions of the coming out narrative, while also showcasing the diversity of teenage sexualities.
CONTINUUM-JOURNAL OF MEDIA & CULTURAL STUDIES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Jeremy L. Schoen, Jaime L. Williams, Sydney L. Reichin, Rustin D. Meyer
Summary: Conditional Reasoning Tests (CRTs) are indirect measures of personality that are resistant to faking under normal testing conditions. Recent research suggests individuals can be trained to distort their responses on CRTs. However, simply informing participants what CRTs assess is not enough for successful faking; training is required. CRTs are resistant to some forms of response distortion, and the included faking detection items can identify attempts to distort even when unsuccessful.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Social
Sarah A. Walker, Kit S. Double, Damian P. Birney, Carolyn MacCann
Summary: This study reviewed the changes in mean scores of the dark triad personality traits under instructed faking. The findings revealed that psychopathy scores significantly decreased under fake good instructions and significantly increased under fake bad instructions, while narcissism and Machiavellianism showed inconsistent results.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)