Sex Differences in Judgments of Social Desirability

This study evaluates sex differences in the perceived desirability of personality behaviors and beliefs. Men and women ( N = 149, M age = 18.7) judged the social desirability scale values (SDSVs) of 150 personality statements as applied either to a male target or a female target. For comparison, some estimated SDSVs with no target sex specified. A separate sample of 537 respondents endorsed the 150 items via self‐report. Raters showed a high consensus in their SDSV judgments within conditions (α = .86 to .90) and no sex‐of‐rater effects across conditions. Substantial sex‐of‐target effects ( p

Developmental psychology · Personality · Respondent · Sample (material) · Scale (ratio) · Social desirability · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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