The Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding Short Form (BIDR-16)

Abstract

Self-report studies often call for assessment of socially desirable responding. Many researchers use the Marlowe-Crowne Scale for its brief versions; however, this scale is outdated, and contemporary models of social desirability emphasize its multi-dimensional nature. The 40-item Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) incorporates Self-Deceptive Enhancement (honest but overly positive responding) and Impression Management (bias toward pleasing others). However, its length limits its practicality. This article introduces the BIDR-16. In four studies, we shorten the BIDR from 40 items to 16 items, while retaining its two-factor structure, reliability, and validity. This short form will be invaluable to researchers wanting to assess social desirability when time is limited.

The development and validation of the muscularity‐oriented eating test: A novel measure of muscularity‐oriented disordered eating

“…The BIDR‐16 (Hart, Ritchie, Hepper, & Gebauer, ) is the short‐form version of the 40‐item BIDR (Paulhus & Reid, ), which assesses socially desirable responding and comprises two subscales: impression management (IM; bias toward pleasing others) and self‐deceptive enhancement (honest, but overly positive responding). Participants report how true each statement is of them on 7‐point Likert‐type scale from 1 (not true) to 7 (very true), with higher scores indicating a greater tendency to respond in a socially desirable manner.…”

“…Participants report how true each statement is of them on 7‐point Likert‐type scale from 1 (not true) to 7 (very true), with higher scores indicating a greater tendency to respond in a socially desirable manner. The BIDR‐16 has demonstrated strong psychometric properties, including convergent and divergent validity, and temporal stability (Hart et al, ). The present study utilized the IM scale of the BIDR, which we expected would demonstrate weak or nonsignificant correlations with MOET scores.…”

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“…Across the six scores (general and weekly affect balance, positive affect, and negative affect), McDonald's v t values ranged from .89 to .93. (Hart, Ritchie, Hepper, & Gebauer, 2015). Items were rated on a 7-point Likert scale and included "I have not always been honest with myself" and "I always know why I like things."…”

“…As in Study 2, participants completed the RLSS, the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (Hart et al, 2015), and the Affect-Adjective Scale with general or typical instructions (adapted from Diener & Emmons, 1984 Big Five personality traits. We administered the Big Five Inventory-2 Extra-Short (i.e., BFI-2-XS; Soto & John, 2017b), which measures each trait with three items and uses a 5-point Likert scale.…”

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“…Future research might want to expand on this by investigating the effect of social desirability on the SGEMS by using a more recent measurement tool. The Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (Hart, Ritchie, Hepper, & Gebauer, ), for instance, might expand on the current results as it as it captures the construct's multi‐dimensional nature comprising self‐deceptive enhancement and impression management.…”