Validation of scores on the marlowe-crowne social desirability scale and the balanced inventory of desirable responding

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-154

  Leite, Walter L ^a   Beretvas, S Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Score validity; Social desirability bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 12944250792     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164404267285     Document Type: Article

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