Do Social Desirability Scales Measure Dishonesty?
Do Social Desirability Scales Measure Dishonesty?
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社会期望量表可以衡量不诚实行为吗？
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Grace Steedman
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作者：
D. Holtrop;Angus W. Hughes;Patrick D. Dunlop;Joan Chan;Grace Steedman
抽象的。社会期望值（SD）量表有时被研究人员视为不诚实的衡量标准，而从业者则将其视为在高风险环境（如人员选拔）中自我报告评估中造假的指标。然而，应用SD量表来衡量不诚实或伪造仍然是科学界争论的焦点。这项两部分研究调查了SD量表（具有真/假回答格式）是否适用于这些目的。最初，46名参与者完成了SD量表和12个人格项目，同时接受“大声思考”的指导，即用语言表达他们所有的想法。这些说出的想法被记录和转录。接下来，175名评委根据参与者转录的口头想法和他们对该项目的选择反应，对参与者与每个SD项目相关的诚实程度进行评级。结果表明，被标注为“社会期望反应”的反应被认为比那些没有被标注的反应要诚实得多。然而，效果的大小非常小，社会上可取的反应仍然被认为是总体上诚实的。此外，参与者的SD量表总分与法官对参与者人格项目诚实度的评分无关。因此，总的来说，SD量表似乎是一个不诚实的衡量标准。
Abstract. Social Desirability (SD) scales are sometimes treated, by researchers, as measures of dishonesty and, by practitioners, as indicators of faking on self-report assessments in high-stakes settings, such as personnel selection. Applying SD scales to measure dishonesty or faking, however, remains a point of contention among the scientific community. This two-part study investigated if SD scales, with a True/ False response format, are valid for these purposes. Initially, 46 participants completed an SD scale and 12 personality items while under instruction to “think aloud”, that is, to verbalize all the thoughts they had. These spoken thoughts were recorded and transcribed. Next, 175 judges rated the participants’ honesty in relation to each SD item, based on the participants’ transcribed spoken thoughts and their selected response to the item. The results showed that responses keyed as “socially desirable responding” were judged as significantly less honest than those not keyed as such. However, the effect size was very small, and the socially desirable responses were still being judged as somewhat honest overall. Further, participants’ SD scale sum scores were not related to the judges’ ratings of participant honesty on the personality items. Thus, overall, SD scales appear to be a poor measure of dishonesty.
影响因子：
3.6
作者：
Mueller, Sascha;Moshagen, Morten
通讯作者：
Moshagen, Morten