Effects of two faking instructions on the Contact Personality Factor Test were investigated. Contact and distortion scores were significantly increased under both faking sets. The instruction which warned that a means existed for detection of faking produced significantly smaller increases in contact and distortion than did the instruction without such warning. Distortion scores showed a moderate degree of effectiveness in discriminating between regular and faked administration protocols.
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