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Development of reliable and valid short forms of the marlowe‐crowne social desirability scale
Author(s) -
Reynolds William M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<119::aid-jclp2270380118>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - psychology , social desirability , short forms , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , internal consistency , consistency (knowledge bases) , psychometrics , social psychology , statistics , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , power (physics)
Developed, on the basis of responses from 608 undergraduate students to the 33‐item Marlowe‐Crowne Social Desirability Scale, three short forms of 11, 12, and 13 items. The psychometric characteristics of these three forms and three other short forms developed by Strahan and Gerbasi (1972) were investigated and comparisons made. Results, in the form of internal consistency reliability, item factor loadings, short form with Marlowe‐Crowne total scale correlations, and correlations between Marlowe‐Crowne short forms and the Edwards Social Desirability Scale, indicate that psychometrically sound short forms can be constructed. Comparisons made between the short forms examined in this investigation suggest the 13‐item form as a viable substitute for the regular 33‐item Marlowe‐Crowne scale.