PERSONALITY, INTEGRITY, AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME: A CONSTRUCT VALIDITY STUDY
研究检验了人格量表、基于人格的诚信测试和同质传记数据量表在区分白领罪犯与其他白领员工方面的构念效度，发现罪犯在责任感、可靠性和遵守规则方面显著较差，核心差异构念是“社会责任感”。
This study examined the construct validity of personality scales, a personality‐based integrity test, and homogenous biodata scales as reflected in their ability to discriminate white collar criminals from other white collar employees. The sample included 365 prison inmates incarcerated in 23 federal correctional institutions for white collar offenses, and 344 individuals employed in upper‐level positions of authority. A cross‐validated linear discriminant function ( DF ) based on 16 variables selected in the developmental sample produced a large difference (1.83 standard deviation units) between the two sample groups. The pattern of score differences revealed the offenders as having greater tendencies toward irresponsibility, lack of dependability, and disregard of rules and social norms. This study indicates that there are large and measurable psychological differences between white collar offenders and nonoffenders, and that the major construct underlying these differences is “social conscientiousness.” The best measure of this difference was a personality‐based integrity test.