The validity and utility of the positive presentation management and negative presentation management scales for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory

Assessment. 2008 Jun;15(2):165-76. doi: 10.1177/1073191107310301.

Abstract

Schinka, Kinder, and Kremer developed "validity" scales for the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae) to detect underreporting-the Positive Presentation Management (PPM) Scale and overreporting-the Negative Presentation Management (NPM) Scale. In this investigation, the clinical utility of these scales was examined using the established validity scales from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2; Butcher et al.) as the referent. The sample was composed of 370 psychiatric patients who completed the NEO PI-R and the MMPI-2 as part of a routine evaluation. Results indicated that response distortion compromised the utility of the NEO PI-R domain scales. Moreover, the PPM and NPM scales and an NPM-PPM index significantly differentiated invalid under-and overreporting groups from a valid responding group. The PPM and NPM-PPM index were adequate in classifying under- and overreporters, respectively.

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bias
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MMPI*
  • Male
  • Personality Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Personality*
  • Psychological Tests
  • Psychometrics
  • ROC Curve
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Statistics as Topic