title: The impact of social desirability on psychometric measures of aggression.
abstract: Although many studies have focused on the effects of social desirability in personality measures, few have analysed its effects on such highly undesirable behaviour as aggressiveness. The present study analyzes the impact of social desirability on measures of direct and indirect aggression and on the relationships between both kinds of aggression with impulsivity, using a method that enables the content factors of the measures to be isolated from social desirability. Results showed that aggression measures are highly affected by social desirability and that the relationships between the two forms of aggression and impulsivity are due to the content measured by the tests and not to a common social desirability factor.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain. andreu.vigil@urv.cat
authors.forename: Andreu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vigil-Colet
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Pamies
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Anguiano-Carrasco
authors.forename: Urbano
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lorenzo-Seva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D008257:Machiavellianism; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010556:Personality Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012928:Social Desirability; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult