A five-item measure of socially desirable response set

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 629-636

  Hays, Ron D ^a   Hayashi, Toshi ^a   Stewart, Anita L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 84973806845     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001316448904900315     Document Type: Article

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