A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology-英文文献.pdf

Journal oj Consulting Psychology 1960, Vol . 24, No. 4, 349-354 A NEW SCALE OF SOCIAL DESIRABILITY INDEPENDENT OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY DOUGLAS P. CROWNE Ohio State University AND DAVID MARLOWE College of Medicine, University of Kentucky It has long been recognized that personality mal test profiles and abnormal 5s whose test scores are influenced by non-test-relevant test records were abnormal. Keyed responses response determinants . Wiggins and Rumrill to the K scale items tend to be statistically (1959) distinguish three approaches to this deviant in the parent populations. Similarly, problem. Briefly, interest in the problem of the development of the Edwards Social De- response distortion has been concerned with sirability Scale (SDS) illustrates this proce- attempts at statistical correction for faking dure. Items were drawn from various MMPI good or faking bad (Meehl Hathaway, scales (F, L, K, and the Manifest Anxiety 1946), the analysis of response sets (Cron- Scale [Taylor, 1953]) and submitted to bach, 1946,1950), and ratings of the social de- judge s who categorized them as either socially sirability of personality test items (Edwards, desirable or socially undesirable . Only items 19 5 7) . A fur