A note on socially desirable responding.

Tracey, Terence J. G.

doi:10.1037/cou0000135

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“…In other words, while participants may have wanted to put themselves in a favorable light when responding to the Self items, they apparently had no such inclination when responding to the Partner or Outcome items. These comparative findings suggest that the positive correlation between Self expectations and BIDR‐IM scores may reflect “an adaptive form of interpersonal sensitivity” rather than purely socially desirable reporting, since little is to be gained by making a positive impression in anonymous research (Tracey, , p. 227). If replicated in a clinical setting, however, these results might signify that social skill plays a role in how clients anticipate behaving in couple therapy—possibly, even how they do behave in order to impress the therapist (cf.…”

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Introducing the Expectations and Preference Scales for Couple Therapy (EPSCT): Development, Psychometric Evaluation, and Suggested Use in Practice and Research

Friedlander

Muetzelfeld

et al. 2019

Family Process

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While it is known that client factors account for the largest proportion of outcome variance across treatment modalities, little is known about how clients’ characteristics affect the process and effectiveness of couple therapy. To further knowledge in this area, we created a brief, practice‐friendly measure, the Expectation and Preference Scales for Couple Therapy (EPSCT). Three self‐report scales assess clients’ Outcome expectations (e.g., I expect our relationship to improve as a result of couple therapy) and role expectations for Self (e.g., I expect to listen to my partner's concerns) and Partner (e.g., I expect my partner to blame me). Three Cognitive‐Behavioral, Emotionally Focused, and Family Systems preference scales use a forced‐choice format to measure the comparative strength of respondents’ preferences for interventions broadly reflective of each approach. A large item pool was developed from relevant literature and clinical experience and refined based on face and content analyses with two panels of experienced couple therapists and researchers. Across four studies with 1,175 participants, the scales’ internal consistency reliabilities were similar and their construct validity was supported with confirmatory factor analyses and significant correlations with several established measures, including expectation measures developed for individual psychotherapy and measures of attitudes toward professional help seeking and valuing personal growth. Across all studies, participants had stronger role expectations for themselves than their partners, although gender effects differed by sample. We discuss how to use the 15‐item EPSCT in clinical practice and in future research as a predictor of couple therapy processes and outcomes.

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confidence: 97%

Introducing the Expectations and Preference Scales for Couple Therapy (EPSCT): Development, Psychometric Evaluation, and Suggested Use in Practice and Research

Friedlander

Muetzelfeld

et al. 2019

Family Process

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“…One hypothesis is that the ‘over-reporting’ we see could be due to social desirability (Tracey 2016; Henderson et al 2012), where the social factors of BAP in mothers makes them more susceptible to giving answers that they think the clinician wants to hear, as compared to mothers without BAP. As yet, no empirical studies have evaluated the association between BAP and social desirability bias and SEED did not utilize instruments that assessed respondent social desirability.…”

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The Broader Autism Phenotype in Mothers is Associated with Increased Discordance Between Maternal-Reported and Clinician-Observed Instruments that Measure Child Autism Spectrum Disorder

Rubenstein

Pretzel

Windham

et al. 2017

J Autism Dev Disord

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis relies on parent-reported and clinician-observed instruments. Sometimes, results between these instruments disagree. The broader autism phenotype (BAP) in parent-reporters may be associated with discordance. Study to Explore Early Development data (N=712) were used to address whether mothers with BAP and children with ASD or non-ASD developmental disabilities were more likely than mothers without BAP to ‘over-’ or ‘under-report’ child ASD on ASD screeners or interviews compared with clinician observation or overall impression. Maternal BAP was associated with a child meeting thresholds on a maternal-reported screener or maternal interview when clinician ASD instruments or impressions did not (risk ratios: 1.30 to 2.85). Evidence suggests acknowledging and accounting for reporting discordances may be important when diagnosing ASD.

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“…6, No. 2;2016 credible to them. Their feedback was used to further refine the analyses and emergent themes (Lincoln & Guba, 1985).…”

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“…The cross-sectional nature of our data and our reliance on the use of participant self-report also limits accuracy. Participants in our sample may have responded to survey questions in a socially desirable way (Tracey, 2016).…”

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Relational Social Justice Identity Development among Chinese International High School Students

Yeh¹,

Lee²,

Pérez-Gualdrón³

2016

JEDP

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This research explored the development of a social justice orientation and identity in a sample of high school students in Hong Kong. A sample of 12 students, four teachers, the Principal, and the School Counselor were interviewed in depth about the roles of community service, service learning, and social justice in their identities and school activities. Grounded theory was used to analyze the interview data and six main themes and several subcategories emerged: Six themes emerged from the interview data: (1) Community service as a social experience; (2) Service as a personally rewarding experience; (3) Appreciation of cultural differences; (4) Self-awareness and selflessness; (5) Adult support for social justice; and (6) Challenges in developing a social justice agenda. Implications for social justice identity development in counseling and education are discussed.

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A note on socially desirable responding.

Cited by 102 publications

References 83 publications

Introducing the Expectations and Preference Scales for Couple Therapy (EPSCT): Development, Psychometric Evaluation, and Suggested Use in Practice and Research

Introducing the Expectations and Preference Scales for Couple Therapy (EPSCT): Development, Psychometric Evaluation, and Suggested Use in Practice and Research

The Broader Autism Phenotype in Mothers is Associated with Increased Discordance Between Maternal-Reported and Clinician-Observed Instruments that Measure Child Autism Spectrum Disorder

Relational Social Justice Identity Development among Chinese International High School Students

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