What is the relation between cultural orientation and socially desirable responding?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 165-178

  Lalwani, Ashok K ^a   Shavitt, Sharon ^a   Johnson, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Cultural orientation; Individualism; Socially desirable responding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 31644436838     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.90.1.165     Document Type: Article

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