scholarly journals Evidence Of Social Desirability Response Bias In Ethics Research: An International Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Bernardi ◽  
Erin L. Delorey ◽  
Catherine C. LaCross ◽  
Rebecca A. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Business Students ◽  
International Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Transparency International ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Ethics Research

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This paper analyzes the association between ethical perceptions of questionable business practices and Hofstede&rsquo;s Individualism, </span>Transparency International&rsquo;s C<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">orruption Index, and social desirability response bias.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The sample consists of 1,048 business students from ten countries: Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Nepal, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The results of our analysis indicate that, while Hofstede&rsquo;s (1980) cultural construct of Individualism was significant for two of the questions, social desirability response bias was the most consistent variable in modeling subjects&rsquo; responses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Our data indicate that social desirability response bias should be controlled for when using self-reported data in ethics and/or international studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

The social desirability response bias in ethics research

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 805-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Randall ◽  
Maria F. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
The Social

Social Desirability Response Bias and the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Ballard ◽  
Michael D. Crino ◽  
Stephen Rubenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Desirability Scale ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
The Individual

The reported studies investigated two issues of importance to researchers and practitioners interested in the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale, the sensitivity or social desirability of the individual items comprising the scale and the continued appropriateness of the original scoring scheme presented in 1960. Analysis indicates that over half of the items may no longer be sensitive enough to be useful. Also, it appears that the original keying may no longer be appropriate for a number of items. Finally, based on these findings, implications for the continued use of the Marlowe-Crowne Scale are discussed.

scholarly journals Online sexual addiction among adult males convicted of a sexual offense

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Soldino ◽  
Jaume Miró-Ramos ◽  
Enrique J. Carbonell-Vayá
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Addiction ◽  
Sexual Offense ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Clinical Scales ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory ◽  
Management Plans

Research has suggested that, in some cases, sexual offending might be a manifestation of an uncontrolled or compulsive online sexual activity, which may be conceptualized as a behavioral addiction. To deal with the lack of validated instruments to assess online sexual addiction, this study tested the psychometric properties of the Online Sexual Addiction Questionnaire (OSA-Q). To this end, a total of 100 men convicted of a sexual offense completed the Spanish version of the OSA-Q, along with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) for the assessment of related areas of impairment. Once individuals with social desirability response bias (n = 34) were extracted from the sample, the exploratory factor analysis yielded a four-factor structure explaining 77.06% of the variance for the OSA-Q. Additionally, internal consistency of the total score was strong (α = .97), and correlations with related clinical scales were significant. Overall, individuals convicted of online sexual offenses showed significantly higher scores on the OSA-Q than contact-exclusive offenders. These results justify the use of the OSA-Q (if accompanied by a valid assessment of social desirability response bias) in the screening of online sexual addiction in Spanish forensic samples, which might, in turn, improve existing risk management plans.

scholarly journals MEASUREMENT AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE BIAS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIGNETTE RESARCH: A TEST OF FAZIO’S MODE THEORY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Mode Theory ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND. Experimental vignette research methods have been used to study a diverse range of theoretical and practical issues. Vignettes are designed to create hypothetical cultural/normative contexts for the study of variation in self-reported attitudes. A key problem in such research, however, is potential social desirability response bias. METHOD. A vignette experimental test of an hypothesis derived from a dual-process theory (the MODE framework initially developed by Fazio) linking explicit vs. implicit self-reported attitude measurement and social desirability response bias is reported here. RESULTS. The data show that measuring the social approval of a central vignette character explicitly results in greater social desirability responding than measuring such approval implicitly, supporting MODE theory. CONCLUSIONS. Vignette research methodologies provide a rich, flexible toolkit for studying many important social psychological topics, including issues of inequality and equity. However, researchers can and should design a measurement strategy that carefully manages inferences drawn in light of conditions likely to produce social desirability response bias.

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