Response distortion on personality tests in applicants: Comparing high-stakes to low-stakes medical settings

• Main Authors: ANGLIM, Jeromy, BOZIC, Stefan, LITTLE, Jonathon, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Personality traits; Academic performance; Medical students; Five Factor Model; Medical student selection; Human Resources Management; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5772; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6771/viewcontent/Response_distortion_personality_tests_2018_av.pdf; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/6771/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Response_distortion_SM.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current study examined the degree to which applicants applying for medical internships distort their responses to personality tests and assessed whether this response distortion led to reduced predictive validity. The applicant sample (n = 530) completed the NEO Personality Inventory whilst appl...