Relation between response distortion and social desirable responding in the personality questionnaires

Ferić, Goran. (2009). Relation between response distortion and social desirable responding in the personality questionnaires . Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology. [mentor Galić, Zvonimir].

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Abstract

The purpose of our study was to examine the relation between direct measures of response distortion in personality questionnaires and measures of socially desirable responding within the framework of Paulhus model of socially desirable responding (2006). The study involved an appropriate sample of students and people who graduated in the past year (N=424). Dependent design with two-research situations was used. In the situation of honest responding the examinees first filled in the IPIP-300 personality questionnaire and then in the situation of induced distorting the IPIP-300 was filled in again, as well as the Comprehensive Inventory of Desirable Responding (CIDR). For direct measures of distortion, we used the differences in personality dimensions between the situations of induced distortion and honest responding and the variance of self-assessment difference at the level of items for particular dimensions of personality between the situations of induced distortion and honest response. CIDR was used as a measure of socially desirable responding. The results obtained indicate a weak correlation of the differences and the variances with CIDR scales, which leads us to conclude that the response distortion and socially desirable responding are two separate constructs, not two operationalizations of the same construct. Socially desirable response scales are not adequate measures of response distortion degree in personality questionnaires and therefore the justification for their use in practice is questionable.

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