Open AccessSOCIAL DESIRABILITY AS A PREDICTOR OF BEHAVIOR ON NEUTRAL SOCIAL DESIRABILITY ITEMS 1
Author(s) -
Bloxom Bruce
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1967.tb00903.x
Subject(s) - social desirability , psychology , social psychology , social desirability bias
Previous research indicates that the two positively correlated types of social desirability responding may be correlated in opposite directions with retest response variability on neutral social desirability items. The present study found response variability positively related to the Edwards type of social desirability and negatively related to the “lie” type of social desirability. These results are discussed in terms of some previous interpretations of the two types of social desirability responding.