A meta-analytic study of social desirability distortion in computer-administered questionnaires, traditional questionnaires, and interviews.

SignificanceRelative to traditional, offline forms of communication, there is an enhanced permanence to digital sharing. Digital disclosures can come back to haunt, making it challenging for people to manage the impressions they make upon others. Nine studies show that, paradoxically, these challenges can be exacerbated by temporary-sharing technologies. Temporary sharing reduces privacy concerns, in turn increasing disclosure of potentially compromising information (in the form of uninhibited selfies). Recipients attribute these indiscretions to sharers’ bad judgment, failing to appreciate the situational influence—the temporariness of the sharing platform—on sharers’ disclosures. Sharers do not anticipate this consequence, mistakenly believing that recipients will attribute their disclosure decisions to the (temporary) platform on which they chose to send the photographs.

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Temporary sharing prompts unrestrained disclosures that leave lasting negative impressions

Hofstetter

Rüppell

John

2017

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Investigating the Impact of Inquiry Mode on Self-Reported Sexual Behavior: Theoretical Considerations and Review of the Literature

McCallum

Peterson

2012

The Journal of Sex Research

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Measurement of sexual behaviors is typically reliant on retrospective self-reports of behaviors. Historically, self-reported sexual behavior data were primarily collected through face-to-face interviews or paper-and-pencil questionnaires, as these were the only modes of inquiry available. In recent decades, technological innovations such as telephones, computers, and the Internet have expanded the self-report inquiry modes available. The addition of these new inquiry modes further complicates the ability of sex researchers to evaluate the quality of research results and compare findings across studies. Self-report sexual behavior data are vulnerable to participation biases, as well as to sources of bias in individual responses, such as recollection and social desirability bias. This is true regardless of the inquiry mode being used, but some modes may be more vulnerable to bias than others. This review examines the available research regarding self-report sexual behavior research, inquiry mode, and relative bias across modes. The review also provides recommendations for advancing the current understanding of inquiry mode effects within sexual behavior research. Specifically, by shifting the focus away from evaluating specific modes of inquiry toward examination of factors common across all modes, researchers will be better able to interpret existing research and improve the designs of future studies as well.

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Time perspectives as mediators of the associations between socio-economic status and health behaviours in older Japanese adults

Sugisawa

Harada

Sugihara

et al. 2019

Psychology & Health

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A meta-analytic study of social desirability distortion in computer-administered questionnaires, traditional questionnaires, and interviews.

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Temporary sharing prompts unrestrained disclosures that leave lasting negative impressions

Temporary sharing prompts unrestrained disclosures that leave lasting negative impressions

Investigating the Impact of Inquiry Mode on Self-Reported Sexual Behavior: Theoretical Considerations and Review of the Literature

Time perspectives as mediators of the associations between socio-economic status and health behaviours in older Japanese adults

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