Relative efficacy of differential response latencies for detecting faking on a self-report measure of psychopathology.
Ronald R. Holden, Daryl G. Kroner · Psychological Assessment · 1992
The authors investigated whether differential response latencies for items on a structured self-report test of psychopathology could be used to detect faking in a sample of maximum security prison inmates. Test item response times were statistically adjusted to reflect item latencies in relation both to the person and to the item ; discriminant function analysis indicated that such times could significantly differentiate among standard responding, faking good responses, and faking bad responses. Furthermore, classification hit rates with differential response latencies compared favorably with those rates found with more traditional response dissimulation scales. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed