Social Desirability and Self-Reports: Testing Models of Socially Desirable Responding

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Holtgraves, Thomas ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impression management; Self deception; Self report; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECUMBENCY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

DECEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0942268054     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167203259930     Document Type: Article

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