The Self-perception Inventory (Martin, 1968, 1969) has been shown by Braun and Tinley (1970) to be fakable when administered to college Ss under experimental conditions. However, these results were obvious when examining examinee scores which supported the sensitivity of the validity subscales incorporated in the SPI.
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