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How response bias affects the factorial structure of personality self-reports

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    Identificador: PC:2905
  • Autors:

    Lorenzo-Seva, U.
    Navarro-González, D.
    Vigil-Colet, A.
  • Altres:

    Autor segons l'article: Lorenzo-Seva, U.; Navarro-González, D.; Vigil-Colet, A.
    Departament: Psicologia
    Autor/s de la URV: LORENZO SEVA, URBANO; Navarro-González, D.; VIGIL COLET, ANDRÉS
    Paraules clau: response bias personality factor structure
    Resum: Background: Various studies have shown that acquiescence can distort the factor structure of personality questionnaires based on the fi vefactor model. In the present study, we analysed how acquiescence and social desirability affect the factor structure of a measure based on this personality model and a measure of aggression. Method: We analysed the factor structures of both tests before and after removing both biases in a sample of 532 adolescents aged between 11 and 18 (M= 14.75, SD= 2.1). Results: The factor structure of both tests presented a worse fi t to the expected model when response bias was not controlled, and the congruence indexes for the personality and aggression measures showed a moderate (from C= .948 to C= .872) or great (from C= .931 to C= .475) decrease, respectively. Furthermore, acquiescence was largely responsible for these effects, and social desirability effects were only shown on the aggression measure. Conclusions: Response bias, and especially acquiescence, should be controlled during the development of personality measures to avoid distorting them, especially with samples of people with a high level of acquiescence (for example, those with little education, the young or the elderly). Furthermore, the use of response bias loadings as a criterion for choosing the items minimizes those distortions.
    Grup de recerca: Escalament de Variables Psicològiques i Desenvolupament de Qüestionaris
    Àrees temàtiques: Psicologia Psicología Psychology
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0214-9915
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-5369-3099; ; 0000-0003-3818-4514
    Data d'alta del registre: 2017-06-13
    Pàgina final: 470
    Volum de revista: 28
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: http://www.psicothema.com/psicothema.asp?id=4351
    Programa de finançament: altres; SGR; 2014SGR73 altres; MEC; PSI2014-52884-P
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    DOI de l'article: 10.7334/psicothema2016.113
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2016
    Pàgina inicial: 465
    Tipus de publicació: Article Artículo Article
  • Paraules clau:

    Tests psicològics
    Personalitat--Tests
    response bias
    personality
    factor structure
    Psicologia
    Psicología
    Psychology
    0214-9915
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