Socially Desirable Responding: Enhancement and Denial in 20 Countries  

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He, Jia ; Vijver, Fons J. R. van de ; Espinosa, Alejandra Dominguez ; Abubakar, Amina ; Dimitrova, Radosveta ; Adams, Byron G. ; Aydinli, Arzu ; Atitsogbe, Kokou ; Alonso-Arbiol, Itziar ; Bobowik, Magdalena ; Fischer, Ronald ; Jordanov, Venzislav ; Mastrotheodoros, Stefanos ; Neto, Felix ; Ponizovsky, Yael J. ; Reb, Jochen ; Sim, Samantha ; Sovet, Laurent ; Stefenel, Delia ; Suryani, Angela Oktavia ; Tair, Ergyul ; Villieux, Arnaud

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 49 no. 3 (Jul. 2015), page 1-23.
Topik: social desirability; cultures; values; personality; multilevel analysis; JABFUNG-AOS-2016-B5
Fulltext: Cross-Cultura_Ros.pdf (389.88KB)

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This article investigated the dimensionality, measurement invariance, and cross-cultural variations of social desirability. A total of 3,471 university students from 20 countries completed an adapted version of the Marlowe–Crowne scale. A two-dimensional structure was revealed in the pooled sample, distinguishing enhancement (endorsement of positive selfdescription) and denial (rejection of negative self-description). The factor structure was supported in most countries; medium-sized item bias was found in two denial items. In a multilevel analysis, we found that (a) there was more cross-cultural variation in denial than enhancement; (b) females tended to score higher on enhancement whereas males tended to score higher on denial; (c) the Human Development Index, an indicator of country socioeconomic development, was the best (negative) predictor of denial; and (d) both enhancement and denial seemed to be associated with countrylevel values and personality pertinent to “fitting in.” We conclude that social desirability has a positive and a negative impression management dimension that are meaningfully associated with country-level characteristics, and we argue that social desirability is better interpreted as culturally regulated response amplification.

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