A Comparison of Two Samples, South Africans and Canadians, on Social Desirability

Bibliographic Data

ID13664911
AuthorsTuntufye S Mwamwenda (University of Transkei, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume72
Issue3
Pages965-966
Publication date1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1993.72.3.965
OpenAlexW2047758610
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

Reanalysis of previously collected scores from 86 African adults (22.4 yr. old) and 190 Canadian youth (17.4 yr.) on Eysenck's social desirability scale indicated differences across gender and cultures in describing one's own personality favourably. Whereas there was no gender difference for the Canadian adolescents, African women scored higher than the African men and the Canadian boys and girls. While the gender and cross-cultural differences are consistent with some prior work, they should be examined in greater detail with respect to cultural experiences and measures of personality, child-rearing, and aspirations

Big Five personality traits · Cross-cultural studies · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Eysenck Personality Questionnaire · Geography · Personality · Scale (ratio · Social desirability · Sociology · Demography · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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