Probability of Endorsement of Items in the Yatabe-Guilford Personality Inventory: Replication

Abstract

For 57 male and 59 female Japanese college students probabilities of endorsement of Yatabe-Guilford Personality Inventory items as true or false correlated .81. rs for probabilities of endorsement for these Ss and Edwards' American were .69 for males and .62 for females. These probabilities of endorsement and Noguchi's social desirability scale values correlated .75 for males, .65 for females (.80 for American males and females). Data suggest contamination from Noguchi's use of the? option, translation, and other sources.