Influence of Social-Desirability Responding on the Sarason Test Anxiety Scale
Implications for Selection of Subjects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13667129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirk R Blankstein (Erindale College, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Brenda B Toner (Erindale College, University of Toronto) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-69 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| 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 | 10.2466/pr0.1987.61.1.63 |
| OpenAlex | W2063606243 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
The relationship between the concepts of social desirability and test anxiety as assessed by Sarason's Test Anxiety Scale was examined. Sarason's scale and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale were administered to 137 women and 62 men under nonanonymous evaluative conditions. Although high social-desirability respondents reported lower levels of test anxiety, the correlation was significant for women only. It was concluded that the Test Anxiety Scale is not seriously compromised by social desirability bias. However, the meanings and implications of the significant relation were further explored by considering two-factor interpretations of social desirability. The use of the Marlowe-Crowne scale to identify defensive subjects low in test anxiety was examined. Approximately 30% of potential low-anxious subjects were classified as defensive low-anxiety subjects. The results suggest that the Marlowe-Crowne scale may be used in research to differentiate genuine from defensive low test-anxious subjects
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Selection (genetic algorithm · Social anxiety · Social desirability · Test (biology · Test anxiety · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Workplace Violence and Bullying
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Low-anxious, high-anxious, and repressive coping styles
A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology.
Test anxiety and the observation of models 1
Evaluation Apprehension, Social Desirability, and the Interpretation of Test Correlations
Two-component models of socially desirable responding
A study of anxiety and learning
A personality scale of manifest anxiety
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |