Faking it: Social desirability response bias in selfreport research

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 40-48

  van de Mortel, Thea F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias; Questionnaire; Socially desirable responding; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954965889     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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