An Item and Factor Analysis of Danish, Lebanese and United States College Students' Responses to the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale
| Autor: | Conrad Consalvi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1972 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Social Psychology Arabic 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology language.human_language Social relation Factor (chord) Danish Anthropology Scale (social sciences) language Cross-cultural Raw score 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Social psychology Demography Social desirability |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 3:361-372 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5422 0022-0221 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/002202217200300405 |
| Popis: | Arabic, Danish and English versions of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale were administered to college students in Lebanon, Denmark and the United States. There were 200 Lebanese, 150 Danes and 200 Americans, each group divided evenly on the basis of sex. The mean raw scores of the Danes, Americans and Lebanese were 9.59, 12.45 and 19. 11, respectively. Separate item analyses yielded a total of 27 common items which correlated significantly with total score in all three groups. Correlations between item rankings across groups ranged from. 53 to. 79 with considerable agreement in the placement of items in the extreme ranks. The factor analyses produced factors which were only moderately similar across groups. It was inferred that the overall findings of the study support the use of the Marlowe-Crowne scale for estimating social desirability with both Danish and Lebanese college students. Sampling limitations, however, mitigate against the uncritical use of the scale within these cultures without further study. |
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