What is it about?
This study was designed to explore the potential effect of social desirability bias on responses to two commonly used measures of identity. It was found that social desirability bias didn't represent much of a threat to validity in research utilizing the two identity measures that were used in this study.
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Why is it important?
Social desirability bias (where research participants provide responses that they deem most socially acceptable) is of concern to researchers because it can skew results and cast serious doubt on the validity of findings.
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The results of this study sort of surprised me. I expected that social desirability bias would have been more of a factor than it turned out to be.
Dr. Tommy Phillips
Mississippi State University
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This page is a summary of: Does Social Desirability Bias Distort Results on the Ego Identity Process Questionnaire or the Identity Style Inventory?, Identity, January 2009, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15283480802579474.
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