The impact of social desirability bias on the EPQ-R item scores: An item response theory analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1784-1794

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Impression management; Item internal validity; Item response theory; Neuroticism; Psychoticism; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549144233     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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