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Controlling social desirability may attenuate faking effects:A study with aggression measures

Cristina Anguiano-Carrasco, Andreu Vigil-Colet and Pere Joan Ferrando

Universidad Rovira i Virgili

Background: Several studies have been conducted to better understand what happens with personality scores when faking occurs, but very few use socially undesirable trait measures such as aggression. The aim of the present research is twofold: (a) we aim to apply a General Factorial-Analytic procedure to aggression scales and determine whether it can correct for faking effects; (b) we aim to test the impact that individual differences can have on change scores due to faking. Method: Participants were 371 undergraduate students. Of these, 215 answered the questionnaires twice, under neutral conditions and under faking-motivating conditions. 156 were the control group who answered the questionnaires twice, both times under neutral conditions. Results: The mean comparison tests as well as the repeated measures ANOVA showed significant results. Individual differences played an important role in all the scales except in physical aggression. Conclusions: The results showed that the procedure does correct for faking effects and that individual differences have an important impact on the change scores due to faking, except in the most undesirable Physical aggression measure, which was hardly affected.

Controlar la deseabilidad social puede atenuar los efectos del falseamiento: un estudio con medidas de agresividad.Antecedentes: varios estudios han intentado entender qué sucede con las puntuaciones de las medidas de personalidad cuando se produce falseamiento, pero pocos han utilizado medidas socialmente indeseables como la agresividad. El presente estudio tiene dos objetivos principales: (a) se quiere aplicar el método Analítico Factorial General a las escalas de agresividad para determinar si el método puede corregir los efectos del falseamiento; (b) se quiere comprobar el impacto de las diferencias individuales en las puntuaciones de cambio debido a falseamiento. Método: 371 estudiantes universitarios participaron en el estudio. De ellos, 215 respondieron el cuestionario dos veces, bajo condiciones neutras y bajo condición de falseamiento. 156 participantes formaron el grupo control, contestando dos veces el cuestionario bajo condiciones neutras. Resultados: tanto las pruebas de comparación de medias como el ANOVA de medidas repetidas obtuvieron resultados significativos. Las diferencias individuales tuvieron un papel importante en todas las escalas excepto en la de agresividad física. Conclusiones: los resultados muestran que el método corrige los efectos del falseamiento y que las diferencias individuales tienen un papel importante en las puntuaciones de cambio debido a falseamiento, con la excepción de la medida de agresividad más indeseable, la agresividad física, que casi no se ve afectada.

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