Game-related personality assessment

Current Opinion in Psychology, vol. 65, pp. 102095

Abstract

In recent years, various different types of game-related personality assessments have been developed such as gamified and game-based personality assessments. These game-related personality assessments are generally developed for personnel selection purposes and often have significant convergent correlations with self-reports of the targeted personality traits. In this review, we critically evaluate the state-of-the-art in game-related personality assessment. Specifically, we discuss findings with respect to discriminant validity, faking, applicant reactions, fairness, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity. Although game-related personality assessments are a welcome new tool to assess personality, more research is needed to establish their added value.

Authors 2

1. Ard J. Barends corresponding Aachen Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University, Netherlands. Electronic address: a.j.barends@law.leidenuniv.nl

2. Marie Luise Ohlms

   University of Freiburg

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Psychology, Section Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany