Psychometric properties of measurements obtained with the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale in an Icelandic probability based Internet sample

Vésteinsdóttir, Vaka; Reips, Ulf‐Dietrich; Joinson, Adam; Þórsdóttir, Fanney

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.03.044

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“…This measure was used as a covariate to be controlled for, such that any relationship identified between the variables and the outcome would not be accountable for by response bias. Reliability coefficients ranged from .59 to .75 (Vésteinsdóttir, Reips, Joinson, & Thorsdottir, 2015). In this sample, the internal consistency was .74, which indicated good reliability.…”

Section: Social Desirabilitymentioning

confidence: 67%

Psychological Risk Factors of Future Drug Offending among Young Offenders in Hong Kong - A Longitudinal Study

Hung¹

2020

IJPS

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In recent years there is a growing concern on drug offenders in Hong Kong. Despite its over-representation in prison and recidivists, drug offending has seldom been studied systematically in risk factor research. The issue as to whether drug offending has specific psychological risk factors or they share a common set of risk factors with general offending remains largely unaddressed. This research applied a longitudinal design to investigate this issue. Using a data-set on young offenders’ psychological characteristics established in 2004 in the Hong Kong Correctional Services, and re-conviction data retrieved 11 years later in 2015, ANCOVA with planned orthogonal contrasts and Discriminant Function Analysis, Correlation and Regression analyses were used to analyze factors predicting post-release outcomes including recidivism, drug offending, and crime severity. Results revealed two sets of psychological risk factors with little overlap that could predict general recidivism (of all types of crime) and future drug offending. Recidivism could be predicted by low Future Time Perspective and Empathy, and high Assertiveness. Low Empathy was predictive of post-release crime severity of non-drug offending recidivists. Drug offending, in contrast, could be predicted by high Impulsiveness and Social Problem-solving deficits during adolescence. These two variables, together with low Assertiveness, also predicted post-release crime severity of drug-offending recidivists. Implications to future intervention and research were discussed.

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Section: Social Desirabilitymentioning

confidence: 67%

Psychological Risk Factors of Future Drug Offending among Young Offenders in Hong Kong - A Longitudinal Study

Hung¹

2020

IJPS

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“…This study also uses survey manipulation in an attempt to reduce socially desirable responses that could potentially be in effect for online surveys (Krumpal, 2013). Though the original MCSDS was normed based on paper and pencil responses, research supports that the online version of the MCSDS is psychometrically sound and a reliable measure of social desirability (Vésteinsdóttir et al, 2015). It is important to incorporate social desirability to account for self-reports, especially of open-mindedness, to account for the discrepancy between true open-mindedness and self-reported open-mindedness.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Biases and their impact on opinions of transgender bathroom usage

Clements

Munro

2021

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Forty-six percent of Americans believe that transgender people should use the bathroom that corresponds to their sex assigned at birth (Lipka, 2016). Yet, arguments surrounding the support of bathroom bills óften lack scientific support. This battle has been primarily fought in schools (see Corbat, [2017] for an in-depth analysis of transgender rights in school bathrooms). In 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education sent an official letter informing school systems that they are unable to discriminate against transgender students, that their gender identity is to be treated as their sex, and this is protected by Title IX (Education Amendments Act of 1972Act of , 2018Ali, 2018). Yet, this was later rescinded, no longer allowing trans students to occupy bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity because Title IX does not view bathroom separation as a discriminatory practice (Lhamon & Gupta, 2016).Gavin Grimm, a trans man attending school in Gloucester County, along with the ACLU attempted to take the case to the Supreme Court. In his case, his school did not allow him to use the boys' bathroom, instead of creating a single stall bathroom for his use

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“…Studies that did test for this bias usually used a shortened Marlowe-Crowne or Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding SDB Scale (and the quality of shortened scales varies; see Beretvas, Meyers, & Leite, 2002; Fischer & Fick, 1993; Vesteinsdottir, Reips, Joinson, & Thorsdottir, 2015). Some researchers reviewed each respondent’s SDB Scale score and dropped subjects with “high” bias scores (e.g., Goetzke, Nitzko, & Spiller, 2014; Hartig, Kaiser, & Bowler, 2001; Soyez, 2012).…”

Section: Sdb and Green Surveysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culture and Sampling Issues With “Green” Attitude Research

Larson¹,

Kinsey

2019

Social Marketing Quarterly

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Research on environmental attitudes may be affected by three methodological issues. First, country culture can influence green attitudes. This research found that environmental attitudes in countries with distinctive power distance, individualistic, or indulgent cultures tended to differ from the attitudes in other countries. Second, many green studies use convenience samples of students. Student responses often differ from the general public’s responses. The problem of relying on student samples is illustrated by the second study of cultural effects. Third, social desirability bias can inflate self-reported green attitudes and needs to be controlled. Although the consequences of social desirability bias may not be appreciated by some researchers, many businesses understand the effects and are waiting for consumer behaviors to catch up with their self-reported attitudes. By improving survey methodologies, green researchers can provide better insights to businesses and policy makers about the state of the gap between consumer attitudes and behaviors.

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Psychometric properties of measurements obtained with the Marlowe–Crowne Social Desirability Scale in an Icelandic probability based Internet sample

Cited by 16 publications

References 34 publications

Psychological Risk Factors of Future Drug Offending among Young Offenders in Hong Kong - A Longitudinal Study

Psychological Risk Factors of Future Drug Offending among Young Offenders in Hong Kong - A Longitudinal Study

Biases and their impact on opinions of transgender bathroom usage

Culture and Sampling Issues With “Green” Attitude Research

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