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    The Effects of Moral Self-Reflective Priming on Faking in Personality Testing

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    Hodges, Chad D.
    Abstract
    Personality testing has received considerable criticism due to validity coefficients being weakened by intentional response distortion. The current study investigates whether priming an individual with a moral self-reflective prime will reduce faking behavior on personality tests. Participants were students who took part in the study through a face-to-face administration group or a remote electronic administration group. Using an independent samples design, participants were randomly selected into an experimental prime group, a control prime group, or a no-prime group. Participants in the experimental groups were expected to display higher counterproductive behaviors, lower work ethic, and lower social desirability than participants in the control group or no-prime group. Participants in the control group and no-prime group were not expected to differ. No significant difference was found for counterproductive behaviors or social desirability for either administration groups, but work ethic was significantly lower for the experimental group for both administration groups. Potential explanations and implications are discussed.  
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4511
    Subject
     Occupational psychology; Social psychology; Faking; Intentional response distortion; Morality; Priming; Self-concept maintenance 
    Date
    2014
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    Hodges, Chad D.. (January 2014). The Effects of Moral Self-Reflective Priming on Faking in Personality Testing (Master's Thesis, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4511.)

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    Hodges, Chad D.. The Effects of Moral Self-Reflective Priming on Faking in Personality Testing. Master's Thesis. East Carolina University, January 2014. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/4511. August 07, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Hodges, Chad D., “The Effects of Moral Self-Reflective Priming on Faking in Personality Testing” (Master's Thesis., East Carolina University, January 2014).
    AMA:
    Hodges, Chad D.. The Effects of Moral Self-Reflective Priming on Faking in Personality Testing [Master's Thesis]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; January 2014.
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