NCJ Number
229442
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Dated: February 2010 Pages: 217-238
Date Published
February 2010
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This study examined the degree to which several Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5)scales and facets predicted the employment outcomes for law enforcement officers.
Abstract
Several Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - 2 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) scales and facets showed small to medium levels of predictive validity in identifying law enforcement officer applicants who would later be forced to leave their agencies (n = 436 still employed, n = 164 forced to leave agency). The PSY-5 measures were moderately to strongly associated with measures of positive impression management (L and K scales), although the direction of these associations sometimes varied for facets of the same PSY-5 scale (e.g., Disconstraint, Introversion/Low Positive Emotionality). The predictive effects of the PSY-5 were often observed only in officers without significant levels of impression management (L less than or equal to 55T, K less than or equal to 65T). The PSY-5 scales and facets were not especially useful for predicting on-the-job misconduct. (Published Abstract)