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. 2025 Aug 12;16:1649905. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1649905

Table 1.

Definition and examples of four types of invalid responses.

Type Components Typical example Behavioral characteristics
Content omission Omission My mood is often (blank) Information completeness deficiency
Avoidance interference Denial + Test Comments When I make decisions, I do not make decisions Cognitive avoidance tendency
Meaningless Redundant Response Looking back, I feel funny Content validity deficiency
Off-topic Flippant Response + Simple Association Facing the future, lying flat Lack of task compliance