{"title":"Game-related personality assessment","authors":"Ard J. Barends , Marie L. Ohlms","doi":"10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102095","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>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.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48279,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Psychology","volume":"65 ","pages":"Article 102095"},"PeriodicalIF":6.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Psychology","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X25001083","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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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.
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Current Opinion in Psychology is part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals and is a companion to the primary research, open access journal, Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. CO+RE journals leverage the Current Opinion legacy of editorial excellence, high-impact, and global reach to ensure they are a widely-read resource that is integral to scientists' workflows.
Current Opinion in Psychology is divided into themed sections, some of which may be reviewed on an annual basis if appropriate. The amount of space devoted to each section is related to its importance. The topics covered will include:
* Biological psychology
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* Educational psychology
* Environmental psychology
* Evolutionary psychology
* Health psychology
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* Personality psychology
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