SELF-PRESENTATION DYNAMICS ON OVERT INTEGRITY TESTS - EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE REID REPORT

Three experiments examined impression-management responses to the Reid Report Integrity Attitude Inventory. Subjects encouraged to score hig h on the honesty test attained higher scores than a control group, but no higher than a group of job applicants. Study 2 offered money for h igh scores, and provided information to use concernign the first, seco nd, or both factors of the Reid Report. Subjects in the three informat ion conditions scored higher than those in a control condition, but ag ain were no higher than job applicants. In a third study, subjects wer e asked to respond to the Reid Report and to several other measures as if they seriously wanted a job. After the test, each subject was over paid for the participation. Reid Report scores were significantly corr elated with returning versus retaining the money. These results sugges t that integrity tests possess predictive validity despite spite some impression-management response distortion. Relations with other person ality measures also are presented.