Social Desirability in Spouse Ratings
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13660733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vaka Vésteinsdóttir (University of Iceland, corresponding author), Eva D Steingrimsdottir (University of Iceland), Adam Joinson (University of Bath), Adam N Joinson (0000-0001-7019-7038, University of Bath), Ulf-Dietrich Reips (0000-0002-1566-4745, University of Konstanz), Fanney Þórsdóttir (0000-0002-3633-6767, University of Iceland), Fanney Thorsdottir (University of Iceland) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 593-608 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0033294118767815 |
| PMID | 29648502 |
| OpenAlex | W2794232885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
Whether or not socially desirable responding is a cause for concern in personality assessment has long been debated. For many researchers, McCrae and Costa laid the issue to rest when they showed that correcting for socially desirable responding in self-reports did not improve the agreement with spouse ratings on the Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience Personality Inventory. However, their findings rest on the assumption that observer ratings in general, and spouse ratings in particular, are an unbiased external criterion. If spouse ratings are also susceptible to socially desirable responding, correcting for the bias in self-rated measures cannot be assumed to increase agreement between self-reports and spouse ratings, and thus failure to do so should not be taken as evidence for the ineffectiveness of measuring and correcting for socially desirable responding. In the present study, McCrae and Costa's influential study was replicated with the exception of measuring socially desirable responding with the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, in both self-reports and spouse ratings. Analyses were based on responses from 70 couples who had lived together for at least one year. The results showed that both self-reports and spouse ratings are susceptible to socially desirable responding and thus McCrae and Costa's conclusion is drawn into question
Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Neuroticism · Openness to experience · Personality · Spouse · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
The social desirability variable in personality assessment and research
Congruence of Others' and Self-Judgments of Personality
Role of social desirability in personality testing for personnel selection
Social Desirability Response Effects
The relationship between the judged desirability of a trait and the probability that the trait will be endorsed.
A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology.
Measurement and Control of Response Bias
Meta-Analyses of Fakability Estimates
Good Impression, Social Desirability, and Acquiescence as Suppressor Variables
Response Sets and Test Validity
Social desirability scales
The construct validity of social desirability
The Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale outperforms the Bidr Impression Management Scale for identifying fakers
Self-evaluation maintenance and the mediational role of emotion
The great response-style myth
The transsituational influence of social norms
On the invalidity of validity scales
A focus theory of normative conduct
Universal Features of Personality Traits From the Observer's Perspective
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |