Examining the Validity of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire in the Assessment of Police Candidates

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-309
Author(s):  
Martin Sellbom ◽  
David M. Corey ◽  
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Normal Personality ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Police Candidates ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Training Post ◽  
Peace Officer ◽  
Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire

A well-validated test of normal personality functioning is necessary in preemployment evaluations of candidates for public safety positions. In this study, we evaluated the construct validity and predictive validity of one such measure, the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ), in a large sample of candidates for law enforcement positions. We examined associations between MPQ scale scores and biographical data, clinician suitability ratings on the 10 established California Commission on Peace Officer and Standards and Training (POST) psychological screening dimensions, and (for a subsample) posthire performance outcome data. MPQ scores generally demonstrated a conceptually expected pattern of associations with criterion variables, supporting their construct validity. Scores related to negative emotionality were particularly salient predictors of a range of POST-10 suitability ratings. Scales assessing aspects of positive emotionality, impulsivity, as well as absorption, emerged as the best predictors of posthire performance problems.

Incremental Validity of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire in the Preemployment Assessment of Police Officer Candidates

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110336
Author(s):  
Martin Sellbom ◽  
David M. Corey ◽  
Yossef S. Ben-Porath
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Incremental Validity ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Normal Personality ◽  
Police Candidates ◽  
Public Safety Personnel ◽  
Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire

Guidelines for screening public safety personnel candidates, including law enforcement positions, incorporate the use of separate psychological tests for assessing normal and abnormal functioning. We evaluated the incremental validity of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)—a measure of normal personality traits—beyond the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), a measure of psychopathology, using a sample of 1,687 candidates for law enforcement positions. They were clinically rated on 10 psychological suitability dimensions. For a subset of those who were subsequently hired as police officers ( n = 397), we also had post-hire outcome data. Using hierarchical nonlinear regression analyses, we found that the MPQ scales incremented the MMPI-2-RF scales in the prediction of 17 of 19 variables in this study. Our results indicate that the MPQ, as a measure of normal personality, provides unique information about psychological suitability and predicts negative post-hire outcomes in police candidates.

Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire—Brief Form

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Patrick ◽  
John J. Curtin ◽  
Auke Tellegen
Keyword(s):  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire

Self-report of Social Modulation of Emotional Expression: The Domain Emotion Expression Profile

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hill ◽  
Sarah Jones ◽  
Lisa Williams ◽  
Jayne Morriss
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Expression Profile ◽  
Emotional Expression ◽  
Anger Expression ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
The Status

Cross-situational emotionality is a well-established dimension of personality, however the ability to modulate emotional expression by social domain is also a key aspect of personality functioning. We describe a self-report measure, the Domain Emotional Expression Profile (DEEP), designed to assess 5 emotions and behaviours in relation to 5 social domains, and report 2 studies. Study 1 (N = 166 students) assessed construct validity based on predictions from attachment theory regarding distress expression, and explored other emotions and domains. Study 2 (N = 279 students) tested hypotheses based on findings from Study 1 and explored the status of friendship interactions. In Study 1, mean distress-expression comfort-seeking scores in family and partner interactions were substantially higher than in work and in a social (e.g. party) situation consistent with the attachment based prediction (p < .001). In exploratory analyses mean anger expression scores were similarly higher in family and partner relationships than in work and social situations. However distress expression was higher in partner than family interactions (p = .008) which was not the case for anger expression. Study 2 replicated these findings from Study 1, and indicated an intermediate position for friendships between family and partner, and work and social interactions. We report support for the construct validity of the DEEP and replicated evidence regarding the partitioning of anger expression across domains, together with new indications of friendship processes. This method of profiling emotional expression and behaviours across social contexts offers a way of characterising individual differences, including those associated with psychopathology.

Reliability and Construct Validity of the Penetration-Aspiration Scale for Quantifying Pediatric Outcomes after Interarytenoid Augmentation

2019 ◽  
Vol 161 (5) ◽  
pp. 862-869 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth H. Wick ◽  
Kaalan Johnson ◽  
Kim Demarre ◽  
Amy Faherty ◽  
Sanjay Parikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Mixed Model ◽  
Mixed Linear Model ◽  
Barium Swallow ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Modified Barium Swallow ◽  
Outcome Group ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Postoperative Time ◽  
Penetration Aspiration Scale

Objective To assess the reliability and construct validity of the Penetration-Aspiration Scale in children. Study Design This was a retrospective cohort study of pre- and postoperative video modified barium swallow studies from children who underwent interarytenoid injection augmentation for unexplained persistent pharyngeal dysphagia. Two pediatric speech and language pathologists reviewed each study twice in a blinded and randomized fashion. Setting Tertiary academic pediatric hospital. Subjects and Methods Thirty children were identified with adequate pre- and postoperative modified barium swallow studies within 4 weeks of intervention. Children were separated into clinical outcome groups based on ability to advance to thinner diet consistencies postoperatively. Construct validity was assessed with a mixed linear model to test the hypothesis that only the clinically improved group would receive better Penetration-Aspiration Scale scores after surgery. Reliability was assessed by calculating chance-corrected agreement between raters (interrater) and raters’ repeat evaluations (intrarater). Results Inter- and intrarater reliabilities (Cohen’s κ) were both excellent. Results of the mixed model revealed a significant interaction between outcome group and pre- and postoperative time interval. As hypothesized, this involved a significant improvement in Penetration-Aspiration Scale score only in the improved group. Conclusions These findings suggest that the Penetration-Aspiration Scale is a reliable and valid measure of clinical response to interarytenoid injection augmentation in children.

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