title: Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports.
abstract: We assessed 2 forms of agreement between mothers' and fathers' socially desirable responding in China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand and the United States (N = 1110 families). Mothers and fathers in all 9 countries reported socially desirable responding in the upper half of the distribution, and countries varied minimally (but China was higher than the cross-country grand mean and Sweden lower). Mothers and fathers did not differ in reported levels of socially desirable responding, and mothers' and fathers' socially desirable responding were largely uncorrelated. With one exception, mothers' and fathers' socially desirable responding were similarly correlated with self-perceptions of parenting, and correlations varied somewhat across countries. These findings are set in a discussion of socially desirable responding, cultural psychology and family systems.
authors.affiliation: Child and Family Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, USA.
authors.forename: Marc H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Bornstein
authors.forename: Diane L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Putnick
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lansford
authors.forename: Concetta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pastorelli
authors.forename: Ann T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sorbring
authors.forename: Sombat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tapanya
authors.forename: Liliana Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Uribe Tirado
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zelli
authors.forename: Liane Peña
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Alampay
authors.forename: Suha M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Hassan
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bacchini
authors.forename: Anna Silvia
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bombi
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Kirby
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deater-Deckard
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Giunta
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dodge
authors.forename: Patrick S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oburu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003105:Colombia; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007597:Jordan; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010679:Philippines; D012649:Self Concept; D057566:Self Report; D012945:Social Values; D013548:Sweden; D013785:Thailand; D014481:United States
keywords: Culture; Fathers; Mothers; Socially desirable responding