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NCJ Number: 186859 Find in a Library
Title: Study of the Interrelationships of Several Validity Scales Used in Police Selection
Journal: Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology  Volume:15  Issue:1  Dated:Spring 2000  Pages:41-44
Author(s): William U. Weiss Dr.; Gerald Serafino; Ann Serafino
Editor(s): William U. Weiss Dr.
Date Published: 2000
Annotation: Validity scale data have received recent attention as a source of valuable information about potential problems in police officer candidates, and in the current study validity scale data from a number of selection instruments were obtained using 42 State police officer candidates.
Abstract: The scales used were the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) L and K scales, the PAI Positive Impression Scale, the PAI Defensiveness Index, the IPI Guardedness Scale, the Hilson Life Adjustment Profile Lack of Candor scale, and the Inwald Survey 2 Denial of Shortcomings Scale. Inter-correlations among the scales were developed and factor analysis was performed. Factor analysis revealed two factors to be present. One was associated with the Hilson scale and was appropriately named guardedness or defensiveness. The other was associated with the MMPI-2 K scale and the PAI scale and was appropriately named social desirability. The MMPI-2 L scale loaded significantly on both factors and seemed to be the most general of the validity scales in terms of its characteristics. Implications of the analysis for police selection are discussed. 10 references and 2 tables
Main Term(s): Police personnel selection
Index Term(s): Personality assessment; Personnel evaluation techniques; Police research; Psychological evaluation; State police
Page Count: 4
Format: Article
Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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