Research of social desirability responding effect on 16PF in mental test context

AIM: To examine whether the social desirability response has an effect on the structure validity of 16 PF. After controlling for the effect of social desirability,it can improve the predictive validity of 16 PF and accuracy of different selection decision. METHODS: A total of 1224 subjects were tested for two times and the interval was 7 months. The 16 PF and the "Social Desirability Scale in Context of Psychological Screening",were used to verify and clarify the social desirability response to the structure of 16 PF and its impact on the secondary factor structure theory model. RESULTS: The social desirability response had a significant effect on the 16 PF root traits,structure validity and the theoretical model of the secondary factors,but the influence was small and the influence was not significant. CONCLUSION:The structure validity of the 16 PF is not significantly affected by the test motivation or social desirability,and the social desirability response in the psychological test of the military academy students will not have a significant impact on the structure validity of the personality test.