Acquiescence and social desirability as item response determinants: An IRT-based study with the Marlowe-Crowne and the EPQ Lie scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 596-600

  Ferrando, Pere J ^a   Anguiano Carrasco, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquiescence; Item factor analysis; Item response theory; Lie scale; Marlow Crowne scale; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449085547     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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