Deriving a measure of test-taking defensiveness.

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"The study was devoted to testing the usefulness of a method for selection of items measuring test-taking defensiveness and plus-getting. It is proposed that a scale in which the social desirability of items is uncorrelated with their probability of endorsement can serve as a validating measure when the items are keyed in terms of the socially desirable response. A limited application to the MMPI demonstrated that a 26-item experimental scale is similar to the K scale with respect to correlations with the main diagnostic scales of the inventory. Significant correlations were found with other measures of defensiveness. When the experimental scale was corrected for the acquiescence response set, it was found that both acquiescence and defensiveness could be measured by appropriate keying of the same set of items. Correlations of these two keys with other MMPI scales indicated that both defensiveness and acquiescence contribute to the variance on the diagnostic measures." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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