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Test of Construct Equivalence of Personality Inventory in Low and High Socially Desirable Responding Groups

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2007, v.21 no.2, pp.71-87
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.2.006



& (2007). Test of Construct Equivalence of Personality Inventory in Low and High Socially Desirable Responding Groups. Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 21(2), 71-87, https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2007.21.2.006
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Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the construct equivalence of a personality inventory in a low and high socially desirable responding (SDR) groups. In the pursuit of achieving the purposes, a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to test the configural, metric, and scalar invariance in the two groups' data. Total of 2,799 undergraduate students responded to the reduced personality inventory which was based on the Personality Inventory developed by the Central Employment Information Office (2001) and Korean version of Paulus' (2002) BIDR-7 that consists of two sub-scales, namely the self-deceptive enhancement scale and the impression management scale. The results of the construct equivalence tests provided evidence that supported the configural and metric invariance in the two groups. The results also showed that (1) between the low and high self-deceptive enhancement groups, substantial effect sizes were observed in the conscientiousness and emotional stability items; (2) between the low and high impression management groups, substantial effect sizes were observed in the agreeableness and conscientiousness items. It was worth noting that social desirability did not alter the factor structures that characterized the personality inventory used in this study. The results implied that the personal inventory could be used commonly in the low and high SDR groups. However, since it failed to ensure scalar invariance, the personality inventory scores from each group were to be compared cautiously. The limitation of this study and suggestions for following studies were discussed.

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Social desiability, Self-deceptive enhancement, Impression management, Personality inventory, Construct equivalence, 사회적 바람직성, 자기기만적 고양, 인상관리, 성격검사, 구인동등성, Social desiability, Self-deceptive enhancement, Impression management, Personality inventory, Construct equivalence

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