Social desirability scales as indicators of self-enhancement and impression management.
This article presents 2 studies testing Paulhus's (2002) assumption that unconscious self-enhancement and conscious impression management represent separate processes of socially desirable responding (SDR) that can be observed within 2 content domains (egoistic and moralistic bias). In Study 1, we devised egoistic and moralistic SDR scales intended to measure self-enhancement in honest responding and impression management under demands for positive self-presentation. In Study 2, we correlated scores on these scales with external indicators of self-enhancement and impression management. In honest responding, both SDR scales most strongly correlated with self-enhancement indicators, whereas under demands for positive self-presentation they correlated more strongly with external measures of impression management.
a Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences , University of Zagreb , Croatia.
Maja
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Parmač Kovačić
Zvonimir
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Galić
Željko
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Jerneić
D000328:Adult; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D012928:Social Desirability; D012938:Social Perception; D055815:Young Adult