RESEARCH NOTE CRIMINAL THINKING AND PRE-EMPLOYMENT INTEGRITY TESTING: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN THE TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CRIMINAL THINKING SCALES AND CRITICAL HIRE-SCREEN

摘要

The five-factor model of personality (ffm) has been widely used to explain traits measured by testsof integrity. However, the ffm has not fully explained what integrity test scores measure. The aimof the present study was to explore the degree to which integrity test results correlated withmeasures of criminal thinking and attitudes. methods used in this study consisted of adult probationand parolees in the United States completing the Texas Christian University Criminal ThinkingScales and Critical Hire-Screen. results revealed that criminal thinking and attitudes weresignificantly correlated with integrity test scores.