TY - JOUR AU - Durand, Guillaume PY - 2022/09/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An Inconsistency Responding Scale for the Durand Adaptive Psychopathic Traits Questionnaire JF - International Journal of Psychological Research JA - Int. j. psychol. res. VL - 15 IS - 2 SE - Research Article DO - 10.21500/20112084.5524 UR - https://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/5524 SP - 44-50 AB - <p>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 Questionnaire (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 = 1,000) 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 general 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.</p> ER -