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Positive Self-Presentation Effects and the Detection of Defensiveness on the NEO PI-R.
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Ross, Scott R.; Bailley, Steven E.; Millis, Scott R. – Assessment, 1997
Three studies, involving 100, 202, and 254 college students, respectively, examined the effects of positive self-presentational set on the revised edition of the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R). Findings suggest that the NEO PI-R is clearly vulnerable to faking and support the condition that profiles derived under socially desirable…
Descriptors: College Students, Defense Mechanisms, Higher Education, Identification
The Impact of a Defensive Response Set on the Relationship between MMPI and Cognitive Tests among Heart Transplant Candidates.
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Putzke, John D.; Williams, Mark A.; Millsaps, Cheryl L.; McCarty, Harry J.; Azrin, Richard L.; LaMarche, Judith A.; Boll, Thomas J.; Bourge, Robert C.; Kirklin, James K.; McGiffin, David C. – Assessment, 1997
The emotional cognitive relationship was examined in 136 heart transplant candidates undergoing psychosocial and cognitive assessment as part of evaluation for transplantation. Results show increased emotional distress was reliably associated with decreased cognitive functioning in patients who scored as nondefensive on the Minnesota Multiphasic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Defense Mechanisms, Emotional Problems, Emotional Response