Faking good and faking bad on the Personality Inventory for Children—Revised, shortened format.

The assessment of malingering in psychodiagnostic evaluations: Research-based concepts and methods for consultants.

“…Consultants are advised to look more to specific tests if there is any question of dishonesty. For example, the Personality Inventory for Children—Revised, Shortened Format, has been found to be effective in assessing deception in children (Daldin, 1985). Also, scales that tap a social desirability response set, such as the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1964), give an idea of the direction of a client’s response set, and this test has shown good reliability and validity (Robinette, 1991).…”