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. 2023 Mar 3;15(2):44-50.
doi: 10.21500/20112084.5524. eCollection 2022 Jul-Dec.

An Inconsistency Responding Scale for the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire

Guillaume Durand  1
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An Inconsistency Responding Scale for the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire

Guillaume Durand. Int J Psychol Res (Medellin). .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Careless and inconsistent responding is a common issue with self- reported instruments, observed in approximately 10% of respondents. The purpose of this study was to develop an Inconsistency Responding Scale (IRS) for the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Question- naire (DAPTQ). First, a derivation sample (N = 525) was used to develop the IRS-DAPTQ, a scale generating a total score from the absolute difference of 12 pairs of items with high intra-correlation. Second, the validity of the IRS-DAPTQ was assessed using human (N = 943) and randomly generated (N = 1000) data. The IRS-DAPTQ successfully differentiated human data from randomly generated data. The IRS-DAPTQ scores showed a negative association with conscientiousness and had higher specificity for a sample of the gen- eral population recruited online than for a sample of undergraduate students. These findings support the usefulness of the IRS-DAPTQ for identifying individuals displaying an inconsistent responding style.

Las respuestas descuidadas e inconsistentes son un problema común en los instrumentos de autoinforme, observado en aproximadamente el 10% de los encuestados. El propósito de este estudio fue desarrollar una Escala de Respuesta Inconsistente (IRS) para el Cuestionario de Rasgos Psicopáticos Adaptativos de Durand (DAPTQ). En primer lugar, se utilizó una muestra de derivación (N = 525) para desarrollar el IRS-DAPTQ, una escala que genera una puntuación total a partir de la diferencia absoluta de 12 pares de ítems con alta intra-correlación. En segundo lugar, se evaluó la validez del IRS-DAPTQ utilizando datos humanos (N = 943) que se generaron aleatoriamente (N = 1.000). El IRS-DAPTQ diferenció con éxito los datos humanos de los generados aleatoriamente. Las puntuaciones del IRS-DAPTQ mostraron una asociación negativa con la concienciación y tuvieron una mayor especificidad para una muestra de la población general reclutada en línea que para una muestra de estudiantes universitarios. Estos resultados apoyan la utilidad del IRS-DAPTQ para identificar a los individuos que muestran un estilo de respuesta inconsistente.

Keywords: Careless Responding; Conscien tiousness; DAPTQ; Inconsistent Responding; Reddit; Undergraduates.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interests: The authors have declared that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1. Distribution of the IRSDAPTQ Scores for the Derivation, Undergraduate, General Population, and Randomly Generated Samples
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