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Does perceived ability to deceive = ability to deceive? Predictive validity of the perceived ability to deceive (PATD) scale

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posted on 2023-05-17, 17:25 authored by Rachel Grieve, Hayes, J
This research investigated whether the perceived ability to deceive (PATD) scale predicts ability to deceive in a vocational testing context. Using a quasi-experimental design, participants (N = 85 student and community members) completed the PATD scale and a personality measure under standard instructions before being asked to fake the personality measure as if they were applying for a job in the police force. Based on extant research, successful faking was operationalised as elevated scores on conscientiousness and extraversion and reduced scores on neuroticism. Analysis via independent t-test did not support the hypothesis that PATD predicts faking success. Future research should consider the relationship between PATD and intention to fake, as well as extend examination of PATD to other deceptionrelated contexts.

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Publication title

Personality and Individual Differences: An International Journal of Research Into The Structure and Development of Personality and The Causation of Individual Differences

Volume

54

Pagination

311-314

ISSN

0191-8869

Department/School

School of Psychological Sciences

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Place of publication

The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb

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Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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