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Criterion validity is maintained when items are evaluatively neutralized: Evidence from a full scale FFM-inventory

Bäckström, Martin LU ; Björklund, Fredrik LU orcid and Lindén, Magnus LU (2014) In European Journal of Personality 28(6). p.620-633
Abstract
The original version and an evaluatively neutralized version (with items rephrased to reduce popularity) of a personality inventory were compared. The results revealed A) Similar criterion validity across three different sets of self-rated behaviors, B) Stronger relations to the rated social desirability of criteria for the original version, and C) Less correlation between factors for the neutralized version (replicating Bäckström, Björklund & Larsson, 2009). We take the results to indicate that evaluative neutralization is a viable technique for reducing social desirability in self-ratings. Implications for test construction are discussed.
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Big Five, personality, self-ratings, social desirability, criterion validity
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European Journal of Personality
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28
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6
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620 - 633
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1099-0984
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10.1002/per.1960
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English
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Personality}},
  title        = {{Criterion validity is maintained when items are evaluatively neutralized: Evidence from a full scale FFM-inventory}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1960}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/per.1960}},
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