Social Desirability Scale – Short Form

Social Desirability Scale – Short FormAnn Skinner2023-02-03T12:04:20-04:00

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Description

As a control variable when evaluating parent-report measures, mothers and fathers completed the 13-item Social Desirability Scale-Short Form to assess social desirability bias. Statements such as “I’m always willing to admit when I make a mistake.” were rated as True or False. α of the SDS-SF is .76, and the correlation with the full-length SDS .93. The SDS-SF has demonstrated concurrent validity across various countries.

Reference(s)

Crowne, D. P., & Marlowe, D. (1960). A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 24, 963-968.
Reynolds, W. M. (1982). Development of reliable and valid short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 38, 119-125.

Publication(s)

Alampay, L. P., & Jocson, R. M. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in the Philippines. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 163-176.

Al-Hassan, S., & Takash, H. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Jordan. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 142-151.

Bombi, A. S., Di Norcia, A., Di Giunta, L., Pastorelli, C., & Lansford, J. E. (2015). Parenting practices and child misbehavior: A mixed method study of Italian mothers and children. Parenting: Science and Practice, 15, 207–228.

Bombi, A. S., Pastorelli, C., Bacchini, D., Di Giunta, L., Miranda, M., & Zelli, Z. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Italy. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 129-141.

Bornstein, M. H., Putnick, D. L., & Lansford, J. E. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes in cross-cultural perspective. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 214-237.

Bornstein, M. H., Putnick, D. L., Lansford, J. E., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., & Alampay, L. P. (2017). “Mixed blessings”: Parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58, 880-892.

Bornstein, M. H., Putnick, D. L., Lansford, J. E., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., & Oburu, P. (2015). Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports. International Journal of Psychology. 50(3), 174-185. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12084

Chang, L., Chen, B.-B., & Ji, L. Q. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in China. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 102-115.

Di Giunta, L., Rothenberg, W. A., Lunetti, C., Lansford, J. E., Pastorelli, C., Eisenberg, N. Thartori, E., Basili, E., Favini, A., Yotanyamaneewong, S., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Tapanya, S., & Uribe Tirado, L. M. (2020). Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries. Developmental Psychology, 56(3), 458–474. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000849.

Di Giunta, L., Uribe Tirado, L. M., & Márquez, L. A. A. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Colombia. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 116-128.

Lansford, J. E. (Ed.). (2011). Special issue: Parenting attributions and attitudes around the world. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 87-238.

Lansford, J. E., & Bornstein, M. H. (2011). Parenting attributions and attitudes in diverse cultural contexts: Introduction to the Special Issue. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 87-101.

Lansford, J. E., Bornstein, M. H., Dodge, K. A., Skinner, A. T., Putnick, D. L., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in the United States. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 199-213.

Oburu, P. O. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Kenya. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 152-162.

Putnick, D. L., Bornstein, M. H., Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Gurdal, S., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., & Bombi, A. S. (2012). Agreement in mother and father acceptance-rejection, warmth, and hostility/rejection/neglect of children across nine countries. Cross-Cultural Research, 46, 191–223.

Putnick, D. L., Bornstein, M. H., Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., & Bombi, A. S. (2018). Parental acceptance-rejection and child prosocial behavior: Developmental transactions across the transition to adolescence in nine countries, mothers and fathers, and girls and boys. Developmental Psychology, 54, 1881-1890.

Putnick, D. L., Bornstein, M. H., Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Zelli, A., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bombi, A. S., Chang, L., Deater-Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., & Oburu, P. (2015). Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56 (8), 923-932.

Schenck‐Fontaine, A., Lansford, J. E., Skinner, A. T., Deater‐Deckard, K., Di Giunta, L., Dodge, K. A., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Sorbring, E., Steinberg, L., Malone, P.S., Tapanya, S., Uribe Tirado, L. M., Alampay, L. P., Al-Hassan, S. M., Bacchini, D., Bornstein, M. H., & Chang, L. (2020). Associations Between Perceived Material Deprivation, Parents’ Discipline Practices, and Children’s Behavior Problems: An International Perspective. Child Development, 91(1), 307-326.

Sorbring, E., & Gurdal, S. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Sweden. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 177-189.

Tapanya, S. (2011). Attributions and attitudes of mothers and fathers in Thailand. Parenting: Science and Practice, 11, 190-198.

Wave(s) Used

Parent: 1, 2

Measure PDF

Parent Social Desirability Scale Measure PDF